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Fuel prices: survey of 17 Mar 2008

Regular gasoline152.9 yen/Lw/w +0.3

Premium gasoline163.8 yen/Lw/w +0.2

Diesel132.2 yen/Lw/w +0.1

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,742 yen/18 Lw/w +2

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	19 Mar 2007	17 Mar 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	129.2	152.9	+23.7
Premium gasoline	140.2	163.8	+23.6
Diesel	109.8	132.2	+22.4
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,336	1,742	+406
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,456	1,852	+396

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki158.4

Kagoshima157.0

Ehime156.5

Shimane156.4

Nagano156.0

Kōchi155.8

Tokyo155.2

Ishikawa155.0

Hokkaido154.7

Ōita154.5

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa149.2

Gunma149.6

Saitama149.7

Ibaraki150.4

Chiba150.5

Shiga150.5

Tochigi150.6

Yamagata150.9

Okayama150.9

Miyagi151.0

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	154.7	165.2	134.6	1,755	+0.2
Aomori	153.9	164.0	133.5	1,704	-0.4
Iwate	151.5	162.6	130.5	1,669	+0.4
Miyagi	151.0	161.5	130.6	1,667	-0.1
Akita	151.5	161.8	130.1	1,706	+0.7
Yamagata	150.9	162.3	129.9	1,677	+1.5
Fukushima	152.2	163.6	131.6	1,695	+0.2
Ibaraki	150.4	161.2	129.8	1,686	+0.7
Tochigi	150.6	161.6	129.7	1,738	+0.3
Gunma	149.6	160.5	130.0	1,705	+0.7
Saitama	149.7	160.6	129.6	1,735	+0.1
Chiba	150.5	161.1	130.3	1,732	±0
Tokyo	155.2	166.0	134.6	1,827	+0.1
Kanagawa	151.3	162.1	130.5	1,754	±0
Niigata	152.1	162.8	132.6	1,730	+0.2
Toyama	151.7	162.7	131.9	1,740	±0
Ishikawa	155.0	165.8	135.3	1,736	+0.1
Fukui	153.0	165.3	136.0	1,759	+0.4
Yamanashi	154.1	165.1	131.7	1,729	+0.5
Nagano	156.0	167.4	133.9	1,711	+0.1
Gifu	153.2	164.5	131.6	1,721	±0
Shizuoka	153.7	165.3	132.7	1,763	+0.1
Aichi	151.9	163.0	131.1	1,747	+0.1
Mie	153.3	164.4	133.1	1,726	+0.5
Shiga	150.5	161.3	127.8	1,721	±0
Kyoto	152.7	163.6	132.6	1,737	-0.2
Osaka	151.8	162.7	131.7	1,736	+0.1
Hyōgo	152.6	163.7	132.1	1,741	+0.1
Nara	153.3	165.0	133.4	1,743	-0.5
Wakayama	153.5	164.2	134.2	1,774	+0.5
Tottori	151.4	162.4	132.7	1,719	+0.4
Shimane	156.4	167.1	135.8	1,745	+0.2
Okayama	150.9	161.9	129.2	1,741	-0.1
Hiroshima	154.0	165.0	132.4	1,757	±0
Yamaguchi	154.0	164.6	132.8	1,739	+0.5
Tokushima	154.5	167.0	132.9	1,750	+0.9
Kagawa	154.0	164.8	133.4	1,734	+0.5
Ehime	156.5	167.4	135.2	1,749	+0.7
Kōchi	155.8	166.4	134.6	1,795	±0
Fukuoka	152.6	163.7	130.6	1,719	+0.2
Saga	153.4	164.1	131.9	1,771	±0
Nagasaki	158.4	168.7	137.1	1,803	-0.1
Kumamoto	152.8	163.6	130.0	1,774	+0.4
Ōita	154.5	165.9	134.4	1,760	+0.2
Miyazaki	152.6	163.5	133.3	1,762	+0.1
Kagoshima	157.0	166.9	135.3	1,813	+0.2
Okinawa	149.2	159.8	130.9	1,903	+0.4

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 152.9 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (158.4); lowest: Okinawa (149.2); gap 9.2 yen.