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Domestic passenger traffic in FY 1997 declined for commercial
transportation services other than aviation due to the economic slowdown, but
increased for private cars. The total traffic volume came to 84.6 billion persons,
up 0.3% from the previous year, or 1,418. 5 billion passenger-kilometers, up
0.7% (Table 34).
Domestic freight traffic in FY 1997 increased for aviation and commercial
vehicles, but dropped for private cars, railways and coastal shipping due to
the economic slowdown. Traffic was brisk for commercial vehicles especially
in the first half of the year. The total volume of domestic freight traffic
in the year was 6.68 billion tons, down 1.8% from the previous year, or 568.88
billion ton-kilometers, down 0.8% (Table
35).
In international passenger traffic to and from Japan in 1997 (according
to the calender year), Japanese going abroad numbered 16.8 million persons,
up 0.6% from the previous year, and foreign visitors to Japan totaled 4.22 million
persons, up 9.9%. Both total numbers were all-time highs, although growth decelerated
(Figure 36).
In international freight traffic to and from Japan in 1997 (according to
the calender year), exports for maritime transportation rose 7.5% over the previous
year in volume, and imports 2.4%･ Exports for air transportation in FY 1997
increased 21.3% in volume, and imports 1.3% (Table
37).
In 1998, both domestic and international traffic tended to decline for all
modes of services other than some of the aviation services on the prolonged
recession in Japan and the Asian economic crisis.
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