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| | TRANSPORTATION IN JAPAN FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | In Japan, railways are a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed transport between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan_areas. |
 | | Japan has 1,152,207 km of highways with 863,003 km (including 6,114 km of expressways) paved and 289,204 km of unpaved ways (1997 est.). |
 | | Japan has 662 ships of 1,000 GRT or over, totaling 13,039,488 GRT or 18,024,969 DWT. |
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