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Fuel prices: survey of 10 Mar 2008

Regular gasoline152.6 yen/Lw/w +0.7

Premium gasoline163.6 yen/Lw/w +0.8

Diesel132.1 yen/Lw/w +0.6

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,740 yen/18 Lw/w +3

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	12 Mar 2007	10 Mar 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	129.0	152.6	+23.6
Premium gasoline	140.1	163.6	+23.5
Diesel	109.8	132.1	+22.3
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,337	1,740	+403
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,456	1,850	+394

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki158.5

Kagoshima156.8

Shimane156.2

Nagano155.9

Kōchi155.8

Ehime155.8

Tokyo155.1

Ishikawa154.9

Hokkaido154.5

Ōita154.3

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa148.8

Gunma148.9

Yamagata149.4

Saitama149.6

Ibaraki149.7

Tochigi150.3

Chiba150.5

Shiga150.5

Akita150.8

Tottori151.0

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	154.5	165.0	134.5	1,758	+0.6
Aomori	154.3	164.4	134.1	1,705	+3.7
Iwate	151.1	162.1	130.1	1,666	+0.4
Miyagi	151.1	161.7	130.7	1,667	+1.3
Akita	150.8	161.1	129.7	1,703	+1.1
Yamagata	149.4	160.8	129.2	1,674	+1.3
Fukushima	152.0	163.4	131.5	1,694	+0.8
Ibaraki	149.7	160.6	129.4	1,681	+0.6
Tochigi	150.3	161.3	129.5	1,736	+0.2
Gunma	148.9	159.9	129.7	1,702	+1.2
Saitama	149.6	160.4	129.8	1,736	+1.4
Chiba	150.5	161.1	130.2	1,730	+1.8
Tokyo	155.1	166.0	134.7	1,826	+0.9
Kanagawa	151.3	162.1	130.4	1,754	+1.5
Niigata	151.9	162.6	132.5	1,728	+0.1
Toyama	151.7	162.6	132.1	1,740	±0
Ishikawa	154.9	165.7	135.3	1,734	±0
Fukui	152.6	164.9	135.3	1,761	+0.5
Yamanashi	153.6	164.7	131.6	1,723	+0.3
Nagano	155.9	167.3	133.9	1,712	+0.4
Gifu	153.2	164.5	131.3	1,722	+0.5
Shizuoka	153.6	165.3	132.7	1,762	+0.5
Aichi	151.8	162.9	131.2	1,747	+0.2
Mie	152.8	164.0	132.7	1,722	+0.3
Shiga	150.5	161.3	127.8	1,718	±0
Kyoto	152.9	163.7	132.6	1,737	+1.7
Osaka	151.7	162.6	131.7	1,735	+1.7
Hyōgo	152.5	163.6	132.0	1,741	+0.4
Nara	153.8	165.5	133.8	1,740	+2.3
Wakayama	153.0	163.6	133.6	1,769	+0.9
Tottori	151.0	162.1	132.7	1,718	-0.3
Shimane	156.2	166.9	135.7	1,742	+0.5
Okayama	151.0	162.0	129.3	1,741	-0.1
Hiroshima	154.0	165.0	132.5	1,752	+1.7
Yamaguchi	153.5	164.1	132.7	1,737	+0.6
Tokushima	153.6	166.1	132.2	1,744	±0
Kagawa	153.5	164.2	132.9	1,736	+1.2
Ehime	155.8	166.8	134.8	1,748	+0.5
Kōchi	155.8	166.4	134.6	1,795	±0
Fukuoka	152.4	163.4	130.3	1,719	+1.0
Saga	153.4	164.2	132.0	1,771	+1.0
Nagasaki	158.5	168.8	136.7	1,803	+1.0
Kumamoto	152.4	163.1	129.7	1,768	+0.7
Ōita	154.3	165.7	134.3	1,759	+0.4
Miyazaki	152.5	163.4	133.2	1,758	+0.4
Kagoshima	156.8	166.7	135.1	1,816	±0
Okinawa	148.8	159.4	130.5	1,889	+1.0

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 152.6 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (158.5); lowest: Okinawa (148.8); gap 9.7 yen.