The nation of Japan currently possesses one of the most advanced communication networks in the world. For example, by 2008 the Japanese government's Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry stated that about 75 million people used mobile phones to access the Internet, said total accounting for about 82% of individual Internet users.
Telephones and ISDN – main lines in use: 52.3981 million (2007)
IP phone lines in use: 16.766 million (2007)
Mobile and PHS lines in use: 105.297 million (2007)
international: 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); submerged cables to China, Philippines, Russia, and US (via Guam)
Mobile phone industry in Japan
There are four nationwide mobile phone service providers: NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, Ymobile, and Rakuten mobile.
Radio broadcast stations: AM 190, FM 88, shortwave 24 (1999)
Radios: 120.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 7,108 (plus 441 repeaters; note – in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services) (1999)
Televisions: 86.5 million (1997)
Amateur radio: 446,602 licensed stations as of October 2011. See Amateur radio call signs of Japan.
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 357 (1999)
Internet Service Providers via Cable network: 334 (June 2004)
Number of Portable Phone Users with the Internet Access: 71,044,000 (June 2004)
Number of Broadband Users by Access (April 2005)
Number of the xDSL Users: 13,675,840 lines
Number of the FTTH Users: 2,852,205 lines
Number of the CATV Service Users: 2,959,712 lines
Number of Broadband Users by Access (June 2004)
Number of the xDSL Users: 12,068,718 lines
Number of the FTTH Users: 1,417,483 lines
Number of the CATV Service Users: 2,702,000 lines
Number of the Dial-up Users: 17,730,000 lines
Number of Broadband Users by Access (June 2002)
Number of the xDSL Users: 3,300,926 lines
Number of the FTTH Users: 84,903 lines
Number of the CATV Service Users: 1852000 lines
Number of the Dial-up Users: 20,390,000 lines
Country code (Top-level domain): JP
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Postage stamps and postal history of Japan
Japan's first modern postal service got started in 1871, with mail professionally traveling between Kyoto and Tokyo as well as the latter city and Osaka.