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Japan: Communications
- Telephones - main lines in use
- 71.149 million (2002)
- Telephones - mobile cellular
- 81,118,400 (2002)
- Telephone system
- general assessment: excellent domestic and international service
domestic: high level of modern technology and excellent service of every kind
international: country code - 81; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4
Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region), and 1 Inmarsat
(Pacific and Indian Ocean regions); submarine cables to China, Philippines, Russia, and US
(via Guam) (1999)
- Radio broadcast stations
- AM 215 plus 370 repeaters, FM 89 plus 485 repeaters, shortwave 21 (2001)
- Radios
- 120.5 million (1997)
- Television broadcast stations
- 211 plus 7,341 repeaters
note: in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations
and 2 TV cable services (1999)
- Televisions
- 86.5 million (1997)
- Internet country code
- .jp
- Internet hosts
- 9,260,117 (2002)
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
- 73 (2000)
- Internet users
- 57.2 million (2002)
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