In the fiscal year 2021, the total distance of domestic passenger transportation in Japan amounted to approximately 321.87 billion passenger-kilometers, with railway transportation accounting for 78.6 percent of the traffic.
Traveling by train in Japan
Despite a highly developed and efficient public transit system, Japan’s metropolitan railway networks are heavily congested, the busiest train lines running between central Tokyo and suburban areas of neighboring prefectures. Many urban expressways are similarly overloaded.
Leaving the islands
Since Japan is an archipelago, railway transportation is limited to domestic travel. The most common way for international passenger transportation is via aviation. The country’s international hub is Narita International Airport, while Tokyo International Airport, commonly known as Haneda Airport, served primarily domestic flights until its extension to three terminals in 2014. Tokyo International Airport used to be among the busiest airports worldwide, but terminals have been fairly empty in the last two years due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Distribution of the payload distance in domestic passenger transportation in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by mode of transport
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 20, 2024). Distribution of the payload distance in domestic passenger transportation in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by mode of transport [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/626747/japan-domestic-passenger-transport-volume-share-by-mode/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Distribution of the payload distance in domestic passenger transportation in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by mode of transport ." Chart. September 20, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626747/japan-domestic-passenger-transport-volume-share-by-mode/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2024). Distribution of the payload distance in domestic passenger transportation in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by mode of transport . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626747/japan-domestic-passenger-transport-volume-share-by-mode/
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Distribution of the payload distance in domestic passenger transportation in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by mode of transport [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 20, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/626747/japan-domestic-passenger-transport-volume-share-by-mode/