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The"Annual Report of Transport Economy" is an official report
of the Japanese Government in which yearly transport activities in Japan are
reviewed so that they can be reported to the people. The Annual Report has been
published yearly since 1964.
Reconstruction of the National Railways has been one of the important problems
in the transportation in Japan, and a steady step toward the reconstruction
has been taken through revision of the Fare Law, etc. Next, for the ports and
harbors, airports, etc., New Five Year Plans have been formulated, but under
the intensifying restrictions including aggravating financial situation, it
is required to meet the demands for, for example, qualitative improvement of
the transportation. Thirdly, there has evolved recently a great movement in
the international environment surrounding the transportation, while the recession
has inflicted a great influence upon the shipping and shipbuilding. This summary
in English of the White Paper on Transportation describes the foregoing problems
and also the progress of motorization, management of the transport enterprises,
traffic safety and environmental preservation in Japan, and is presented in
a hope that it will serve for the people in the foreign countries to understand
the situation of transportation in Japan.
A. IIJIMA
Director-General
Department of Research and Data Processing
Ministry of Transport
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