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Fuel prices: survey of 7 Apr 2008

Regular gasoline131.2 yen/Lw/w -21.7

Premium gasoline142.3 yen/Lw/w -21.5

Diesel118.3 yen/Lw/w -14.0

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,748 yen/18 Lw/w +6

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	9 Apr 2007	7 Apr 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	129.7	131.2	+1.5
Premium gasoline	140.7	142.3	+1.6
Diesel	110.0	118.3	+8.3
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,336	1,748	+412
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,456	1,857	+401

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki138.5

Kagoshima136.4

Nagano136.1

Shimane135.3

Ehime135.0

Tokyo134.8

Ōita133.6

Yamaguchi133.3

Ishikawa132.8

Saga132.7

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Yamagata126.7

Iwate128.1

Tochigi128.8

Akita129.0

Gunma129.0

Ibaraki129.1

Miyagi129.2

Kagawa129.5

Kōchi129.5

Tottori129.6

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	130.5	141.1	118.6	1,763	-23.7
Aomori	131.4	141.7	119.1	1,696	-21.5
Iwate	128.1	139.2	115.0	1,664	-23.0
Miyagi	129.2	139.4	115.7	1,671	-21.7
Akita	129.0	139.6	116.9	1,710	-22.8
Yamagata	126.7	138.0	113.7	1,681	-24.1
Fukushima	129.9	140.8	116.3	1,699	-22.7
Ibaraki	129.1	140.1	115.7	1,698	-20.9
Tochigi	128.8	140.2	116.6	1,746	-21.8
Gunma	129.0	139.2	116.7	1,706	-20.7
Saitama	130.6	141.5	117.0	1,737	-19.1
Chiba	130.3	140.8	116.9	1,735	-20.1
Tokyo	134.8	145.6	121.3	1,828	-20.3
Kanagawa	131.2	142.0	119.6	1,761	-21.3
Niigata	130.7	141.3	119.9	1,745	-21.5
Toyama	131.0	142.2	118.1	1,751	-20.5
Ishikawa	132.8	143.6	120.6	1,744	-21.9
Fukui	130.6	141.8	123.4	1,757	-22.6
Yamanashi	132.3	144.0	117.8	1,738	-21.9
Nagano	136.1	147.6	120.4	1,723	-20.2
Gifu	131.8	142.8	117.7	1,736	-21.4
Shizuoka	131.2	142.9	118.6	1,782	-22.3
Aichi	130.0	141.3	116.9	1,755	-22.3
Mie	130.4	141.6	117.9	1,734	-22.8
Shiga	130.3	141.1	115.4	1,725	-20.2
Kyoto	131.6	142.5	119.7	1,746	-21.2
Osaka	129.9	140.6	118.1	1,746	-21.6
Hyōgo	131.5	142.9	118.0	1,749	-21.0
Nara	130.9	142.4	118.0	1,742	-22.7
Wakayama	131.7	142.4	120.2	1,782	-22.0
Tottori	129.6	140.6	119.0	1,721	-22.3
Shimane	135.3	145.3	122.7	1,752	-21.2
Okayama	129.8	140.6	115.3	1,758	-22.8
Hiroshima	131.0	142.3	117.9	1,767	-22.9
Yamaguchi	133.3	144.0	119.4	1,750	-20.7
Tokushima	130.8	143.3	117.6	1,759	-23.8
Kagawa	129.5	140.6	117.6	1,727	-24.1
Ehime	135.0	146.0	122.4	1,754	-21.7
Kōchi	129.5	140.9	117.7	1,788	-26.3
Fukuoka	131.9	143.2	117.2	1,726	-20.7
Saga	132.7	143.6	118.8	1,796	-20.7
Nagasaki	138.5	149.4	123.6	1,828	-19.9
Kumamoto	131.0	142.2	116.3	1,777	-21.8
Ōita	133.6	145.0	121.0	1,777	-20.8
Miyazaki	130.3	141.8	118.5	1,757	-22.2
Kagoshima	136.4	146.2	122.1	1,824	-20.8
Okinawa	130.5	144.5	117.3	1,889	-19.2

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 131.2 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (138.5); lowest: Yamagata (126.7); gap 11.8 yen.