In the fiscal year 2023, the total payload-distance of freight transported domestically in Japan amounted to *** billion ton-kilometers. Motor vehicles and cargo ships are the major means of cargo transportation in the country when accounting for the accumulated payload-distance.
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METI (Japan). (February 28, 2025). Payload-distance of domestic freight transportation in Japan from fiscal 2014 to 2023 (in billion ton-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/628080/japan-volume-domestic-freight-transport/
METI (Japan). "Payload-distance of domestic freight transportation in Japan from fiscal 2014 to 2023 (in billion ton-kilometers)." Chart. February 28, 2025. Statista. Accessed July 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/628080/japan-volume-domestic-freight-transport/
METI (Japan). (2025). Payload-distance of domestic freight transportation in Japan from fiscal 2014 to 2023 (in billion ton-kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/628080/japan-volume-domestic-freight-transport/
METI (Japan). "Payload-distance of Domestic Freight Transportation in Japan from Fiscal 2014 to 2023 (in Billion Ton-kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/628080/japan-volume-domestic-freight-transport/
METI (Japan), Payload-distance of domestic freight transportation in Japan from fiscal 2014 to 2023 (in billion ton-kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/628080/japan-volume-domestic-freight-transport/ (last visited July 24, 2025)
Payload-distance of domestic freight transportation in Japan from fiscal 2014 to 2023 (in billion ton-kilometers) [Graph], METI (Japan), February 28, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/628080/japan-volume-domestic-freight-transport/