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The process of globalization which today engulfed the majority of world countries, is most closely related to the development of international transportation infrastructure and, in the first turn, of maritime transport, which have the significant portion of cargo transportation service. The maritime transport is the important instrument of these processes. Simultaneously the high tempos of the international cooperation force to search for the new ways of upgrading the efficiency with the aim to satisfy the time demands. Starting from this fact there is observed the appearance of international transportation corridors and innovations based on the recent science and technology achievements. The international freight transportation of Japan is dominated by maritime transport. The volume of cargo carried by Japanese shipping vessels increased enormously during globalization. But the railway and automobile transport corridor between Japan and Russia will do much to upgrade the efficiency of Eurasia cargo service.