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Fuel prices: survey of 7 May 2008

Regular gasoline159.6 yen/Lw/w +29.0

Premium gasoline170.3 yen/Lw/w +28.7

Diesel139.0 yen/Lw/w +20.9

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,806 yen/18 Lw/w +55

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	7 May 2007	7 May 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	135.2	159.6	+24.4
Premium gasoline	146.1	170.3	+24.2
Diesel	115.0	139.0	+24.0
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,399	1,806	+407
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,516	1,915	+399

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki165.2

Kagoshima164.5

Ehime164.4

Nagano164.0

Shimane162.9

Wakayama162.4

Aomori162.4

Ōita162.2

Okayama161.9

Hiroshima161.6

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Kōchi154.5

Okinawa154.5

Kagawa155.7

Nara156.3

Saitama156.5

Ibaraki157.1

Chiba157.4

Shiga157.5

Gunma158.0

Ishikawa158.3

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	159.7	169.9	139.9	1,810	+28.6
Aomori	162.4	172.7	142.2	1,786	+31.0
Iwate	159.3	170.1	138.3	1,736	+31.0
Miyagi	159.6	170.0	138.1	1,753	+30.9
Akita	158.5	168.6	138.2	1,762	+30.2
Yamagata	158.5	169.5	136.3	1,761	+29.9
Fukushima	159.5	170.1	137.9	1,750	+30.1
Ibaraki	157.1	167.7	135.8	1,766	+29.3
Tochigi	159.1	170.5	138.2	1,807	+30.7
Gunma	158.0	168.7	137.0	1,734	+30.8
Saitama	156.5	167.4	137.0	1,774	+28.4
Chiba	157.4	168.3	136.6	1,781	+28.6
Tokyo	160.6	171.3	140.1	1,867	+27.9
Kanagawa	158.4	169.2	138.6	1,798	+29.0
Niigata	158.4	169.1	139.4	1,797	+28.5
Toyama	159.9	170.8	138.0	1,830	+29.6
Ishikawa	158.3	169.5	139.3	1,785	+26.9
Fukui	158.6	170.7	142.7	1,817	+29.4
Yamanashi	159.1	169.3	137.0	1,796	+27.3
Nagano	164.0	175.3	141.3	1,779	+29.5
Gifu	161.0	171.2	138.6	1,787	+29.4
Shizuoka	160.1	171.8	140.2	1,843	+29.1
Aichi	158.9	169.7	137.9	1,816	+29.1
Mie	160.0	170.4	139.3	1,807	+30.0
Shiga	157.5	167.3	135.7	1,771	+29.1
Kyoto	160.9	171.9	140.7	1,810	+29.7
Osaka	160.1	170.9	139.8	1,795	+30.1
Hyōgo	159.9	170.8	138.8	1,801	+29.7
Nara	156.3	167.8	136.7	1,802	+26.3
Wakayama	162.4	172.6	142.5	1,858	+31.1
Tottori	160.1	171.2	141.2	1,818	+30.2
Shimane	162.9	173.2	142.5	1,829	+28.9
Okayama	161.9	172.7	139.8	1,802	+29.5
Hiroshima	161.6	171.9	140.2	1,825	+29.9
Yamaguchi	160.4	171.0	140.1	1,822	+29.5
Tokushima	159.1	171.6	137.6	1,828	+28.7
Kagawa	155.7	165.4	135.7	1,778	+27.5
Ehime	164.4	175.3	143.2	1,809	+29.5
Kōchi	154.5	164.8	133.4	1,811	+25.0
Fukuoka	158.7	169.4	136.5	1,778	+27.8
Saga	160.5	171.1	139.1	1,848	+28.7
Nagasaki	165.2	175.5	144.4	1,897	+29.5
Kumamoto	159.5	170.5	137.8	1,842	+29.3
Ōita	162.2	173.1	141.0	1,848	+29.7
Miyazaki	158.9	169.6	138.3	1,822	+29.3
Kagoshima	164.5	173.8	142.4	1,893	+28.5
Okinawa	154.5	164.6	142.4	1,985	+21.4

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 159.6 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (165.2); lowest: Kōchi (154.5); gap 10.7 yen.