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Fuel prices: survey of 7 Jan 2008

Regular gasoline154.3 yen/Lw/w -0.7

Premium gasoline165.2 yen/Lw/w -0.7

Diesel133.0 yen/Lw/w -0.3

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,753 yen/18 Lw/w -2

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	4 Jan 2007	7 Jan 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	133.9	154.3	+20.4
Premium gasoline	144.9	165.2	+20.3
Diesel	113.3	133.0	+19.7
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,402	1,753	+351
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,521	1,862	+341

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Kagoshima159.1

Nagasaki159.1

Shimane157.3

Nagano157.3

Ōita157.1

Ishikawa156.8

Tokyo156.5

Toyama156.4

Kōchi156.1

Ehime156.0

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa149.4

Akita150.1

Saitama150.7

Gunma151.2

Miyagi151.4

Ibaraki151.9

Chiba152.3

Iwate152.4

Shiga152.6

Osaka152.7

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	154.2	164.8	134.0	1,778	-0.3
Aomori	153.0	163.3	133.3	1,723	-1.0
Iwate	152.4	163.9	131.3	1,684	-1.0
Miyagi	151.4	161.7	130.5	1,677	-1.9
Akita	150.1	160.5	129.2	1,710	-1.0
Yamagata	153.4	164.6	131.1	1,710	-1.1
Fukushima	154.8	166.2	133.8	1,706	-0.8
Ibaraki	151.9	162.8	130.3	1,705	-0.9
Tochigi	152.8	164.0	130.8	1,753	-0.2
Gunma	151.2	162.2	131.3	1,715	-1.4
Saitama	150.7	161.5	130.7	1,760	-1.3
Chiba	152.3	163.0	132.1	1,751	-1.2
Tokyo	156.5	167.4	135.6	1,837	-1.3
Kanagawa	153.6	164.4	131.5	1,768	-1.5
Niigata	155.3	166.2	134.9	1,752	-0.3
Toyama	156.4	167.4	136.4	1,769	-0.6
Ishikawa	156.8	167.5	136.6	1,768	-0.6
Fukui	154.0	166.5	135.5	1,778	-0.9
Yamanashi	155.7	166.8	132.9	1,737	±0
Nagano	157.3	168.9	134.6	1,725	-0.3
Gifu	154.3	165.4	132.4	1,726	-0.3
Shizuoka	155.8	167.6	134.0	1,775	-0.7
Aichi	153.3	164.3	132.3	1,753	-0.6
Mie	154.2	165.4	133.5	1,731	-0.3
Shiga	152.6	163.4	127.9	1,721	±0
Kyoto	154.1	165.1	133.6	1,757	-0.4
Osaka	152.7	163.5	132.4	1,743	-0.5
Hyōgo	154.2	165.4	132.4	1,752	-1.0
Nara	154.1	165.7	134.0	1,737	-1.0
Wakayama	154.3	165.0	134.2	1,767	-0.8
Tottori	154.2	164.9	133.8	1,735	-0.9
Shimane	157.3	167.6	136.7	1,767	-1.1
Okayama	155.6	166.5	133.0	1,760	-0.5
Hiroshima	155.7	166.6	132.6	1,759	-0.3
Yamaguchi	156.0	166.6	133.5	1,758	±0
Tokushima	155.3	167.9	133.1	1,756	-0.4
Kagawa	153.1	164.0	132.2	1,737	-0.2
Ehime	156.0	167.0	134.5	1,742	±0
Kōchi	156.1	167.0	135.0	1,809	±0
Fukuoka	153.6	164.8	130.3	1,727	-1.0
Saga	154.9	165.9	132.1	1,785	-1.3
Nagasaki	159.1	169.4	138.1	1,803	-0.2
Kumamoto	152.9	163.6	129.8	1,763	-1.3
Ōita	157.1	168.3	135.6	1,767	-0.3
Miyazaki	154.8	165.8	134.0	1,775	-0.4
Kagoshima	159.1	168.3	136.0	1,818	-0.1
Okinawa	149.4	160.2	130.3	1,897	-0.7

Weekly cash retail prices from METI/ANRE's petroleum product price survey (consumption tax included; excluded before April 2004). Survey every Monday. Kerosene in yen per 18 L, others in yen per litre.

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Regular gasoline averaged 154.3 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Kagoshima (159.1); lowest: Okinawa (149.4); gap 9.7 yen.