Ways to Transport Goods from Japan. Export, Import, and Domestic Freight Transportation in Japan

Japan is an island nation in Asia. Japan's economy ranks fourth in the world by GDP. The country is rapidly developing high technologies. In the field of electronics and robotics, Japan holds leading positions globally. Additionally, the country has a highly developed machine engineering sector and sells its products worldwide. The standard of living in the country is high, and unemployment is low.

Transportation Infrastructure of Japan

Japan is located on islands in the Pacific Ocean, and in these conditions, the development of water and air transport for freight transportation is extremely important. Naturally, the conditions for the functioning of these types of transport are ideal. The infrastructure for road and rail transport, which distributes cargo across the country, is equally good.

Roads in Japan

In the international ranking of road conditions, Japan ranks 6th, surpassing Germany by 9 positions. Accordingly, the highways for freight transportation in Japan are not just good, but excellent. The total length of the country's roads is 1,218,772 km. 992,835 km of Japanese roads have a solid surface. The length of the country's highways is 8,428 km. Some roads and bridges in Japan are toll roads. The traffic in the country is left-sided.

Japanese Air Transport

Aviation, for an island country, is one of the main means of communication with the outside world, for receiving and delivering cargo. Aviation is an expensive mode of transport and requires the creation of costly ground infrastructure. In Japan, this task has been solved. The country has 175 airports. 142 of them have solid runways. The length of the runways of many airfields is sufficient to accommodate the most modern heavy cargo aircraft. The largest Japanese airfields are located in the cities of:

• Tokyo. The capital has 2 airports out of the 4 largest.
• Osaka.
• Tokoname.

Water Transport in Japan

The length of navigable inland waterways for vessels with a deadweight of over 500 tons in Japan is 1,770 km. However, of course, the main freight transportation is carried out by sea transport. Japan has more than a thousand seaports. The largest of them are:

• Chiba.
• Kawasaki.
• Kobe.
• Mitsushima.
• Moji.
• Nagoya.
• Osaka.
• Tokyo.
• Tomakomai.
• Yokohama.

Rail Transport in Japan

In terms of the length of railways, Japan ranks 12th in the world. The total length of the tracks is 27,155 km. At the same time, in terms of land area, Japan ranks 61st in the world. The standard gauge of Japanese railways is 1,067 mm. However, Japan also has railway tracks with gauges of 1,435, 1,372, and 762 mm.

Export Goods of Japan

In terms of revenue from sales, the list of Japan's export goods is led by: automobiles and their parts, microchips, special vehicles, and industrial printers.