According to preliminary port statistics for August 2025 released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on October 30, the number of containers of foreign trade cargo at the six major ports (Tokyo Port, Kawasaki Port, Yokohama Port, Nagoya Port, Osaka Port, and Kobe Port) (preliminary figures) was 1,148,574 TEU (an 8.9% increase compared to the same month of the previous year).
The breakdown was 558,278 TEU for exports (up 9.5%) and 590,296 TEU for imports (up 8.3%).
<Container volume by port, export/import in August (unit: TEU, %)>
| Total | Year-on-year | Output | Year-on-year | 輸入 | Year-on-year | |
| Total | 1,148,574 | 108.9 | 558,278 | 109.5 | 590,296 | 108.3 |
| Tokyo | 357,833 | 104.9 | 155,169 | 103.5 | 202,664 | 106.0 |
| (I.e. | 7,427 | 132.6 | 3,788 | 177.0 | 3,639 | 105.1 |
| Yokohama | 233,271 | 108.3 | 125,083 | 110.4 | 108,188 | 105.9 |
| Nagoya | 220,153 | 110.6 | 109,357 | 108.0 | 110,796 | 113.4 |
| Osaka | 161,908 | 112.5 | 73,332 | 115.9 | 88,576 | 109.9 |
| Kobe | 167,982 | 112.2 | 91,549 | 115.0 | 76,433 | 109.1 |
<Table showing the trend in the number of containers over the past year>
