As of March 31, 2022, Japan counted 5,267 tunnels with a length between 100 and 500 meters, making it the most common range for tunnels on the archipelago. The term tunnel refers only to structures that have been built for passing through natural obstacles like mountainsides, plateaus, the underground, river bottoms, et cetera. Consequently, the statistic does not include underground crosswalks, box culverts, rock or snow sheds, and similar.
Number of road tunnels in Japan as of March 2022, by length
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MLIT (Japan). (March 22, 2024). Number of road tunnels in Japan as of March 2022, by length [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229143/japan-tunnel-number-by-length/
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MLIT (Japan). (2024). Number of road tunnels in Japan as of March 2022, by length. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229143/japan-tunnel-number-by-length/
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