In 2021, Japan recorded around four thousand national flag vessels of 100 gross tonnage or over. Passenger ships accounted for roughly nine percent of national flag vessels, with ferries representing an alternative mode of transportation to connect Okinawa, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and other smaller islands to the Japanese main island Honshu.
Number of national flag vessels in Japan from 2012 to 2021
figures include Japanese steel vessels of 100 gross tons and over*
Supplementary notes
*Excluding fishing craft and miscellaneous ships, including oil tankers, chemical drug carriers, liquefied gas tankers, container ships, ordinary cargo ships, and passenger ships. Data prior to 2020 are from previous reports.
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