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(1) Domestic Transport
The total volume of domestic passenger traffic in FY 1996 increased by 0.3%
over the previous year to 84.4 billion persons, while the total volume stood
at 1408.6 billion passenger-kilometers, an annual increase of 1.5%. As for modes
of transportation on a passenger-kilometer basis, an increase was observed with
railways, automobiles and airlines, while passenger ships marked a decline.
Regarding the share of transportation on a passenger-kilometer basis, both cars
for private use and airlines increased their shares, but the others declined
or remained unchanged (Fig. 21,
Table 22, Fig.
23).
(2) International Transport
Looking at the volume of international transport in 1996 (according to the
calendar year), the number of Japanese departing from Japan marked a record
high for the fifth consecutive year. As for destination, Asian countries took
the first place with 7.51 million persons, 45.0% of the total.
The number of foreigners coming to Japan also reached a record high after
4 years of consecutive decline, probably due to some knock-on effect from the
previous decrease resulting from the Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake Disaster
in 1995, the weaker yen and other factors. As for destination, Asian countries
again came in first at 2.34 million persons, 61.0% of the total (Fig.
24, Fig. 25, Fig.
26).
(1) Domestic Transport
As the economy showed signs of recovering, the total volume of domestic
cargo traffic in FY 1996 increased by 2.3% over the previous year to 6,799 million
tons, while the total volume stood at 573,196 million tonnage-kilometers, an
annual increase of 2.5%･ Both represent increases for three years in a row.
As for modes of transportation on a tonnage-kilometer basis, automobiles, coastal
shipping and airlines increased their volume, while railways and coastal shipping
decreased theirs. Regarding the share of transportation on a tonnage-kilometer
basis, an increase was only observed in cars used for business purposes (Fig.
27, Table 28. Fig.
29).
(2) International Transport
Japan's trade volume of goods distributed by ship in 1996 (according to
the calendar year) showed a slight decrease while the world volume of marine
cargo traffic registered a record high. Air cargo traffic in FY 1996 also continued
to increase (Table 30, Table
31).
Transport-related public investments in FY 1996 totaled 16,783.3 billion
yen, up 0.8% over the previous year (Table
32).
On the other hand, transport-related private investments amounted to 2921.7
billion yen on a construction basis, up 0.2% over the previous year (Table
33).
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