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Summary

rail transport in Japan is a rail transport by country or region[1]. It draws 4,197 Wikipedia views per month (rail transport by country or region category, ranking #17 of 168).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3]
  • Main regulatory text: Railway Business Act[4]
  • Operator: rail company (Japan)[5]
  • Subclass of: transport in Japan[6], rail transport in Asia[7]
  • Commons category: Rail transport in Japan[8]
  • Inception: 1872[9]
  • Authority: Railway Bureau[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rail transport in Japan[11]
  • Commons gallery: Trains of Japan[12]
  • Track gauge: 1067 mm track gauge[13]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Rail transport in Japan[14]
  • Facet of: rail transport[15]
  • Category of associated people: Category:Japanese people in rail transport[16]
  • History of topic: history of rail transport in Japan[17]
  • Has part(s) of the class: railway station in Japan[18]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Trains in Japan[19]

Why It Matters

rail transport in Japan has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · AVDLCZ · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'min',
    Instance of → rail transport by country or region
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Operator → —
    Inception → +1872-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Track gauge → 1067 mm track gauge
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