In the fiscal year 2024, the payload distance of passenger transportation via commercial-use buses in Japan amounted to around billion passenger-kilometers, increasing from billion in the previous year. Buses are an alternative land transportation system in Japan, supplementing the railway network and presenting an alternative to the Shinkansen bullet trains for long-distance travel.
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e-Stat (Japan). (September 26, 2025). Passenger-distance of commercial-use bus transportation in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2024 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/627938/japan-public-bus-passenger-volume/
e-Stat (Japan). "Passenger-distance of commercial-use bus transportation in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2024 (in billion passenger-kilometers)." Chart. September 26, 2025. ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Accessed July 22, 2026. /statistics/627938/japan-public-bus-passenger-volume/
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Passenger-distance of commercial-use bus transportation in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2024 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph], e-Stat (Japan), September 26, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/627938/japan-public-bus-passenger-volume/