As of April 1, 2024, there were approximately **** thousand railway freight carriages in operation in Japan, decreasing compared to the previous year. As the public corporation Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) has a monopoly on railway freight transport, it operates the great majority of freight carriages.
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JARI. (April 7, 2025). Number of railway freight carriages operated in Japan from 2017 to 2024 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/1224031/japan-operating-rail-freight-cars-number/
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