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Fuel prices: survey of 26 May 2008

Regular gasoline160.3 yen/Lw/w +0.2

Premium gasoline171.1 yen/Lw/w +0.1

Diesel139.8 yen/Lw/w +0.2

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,833 yen/18 Lw/w +11

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	28 May 2007	26 May 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	136.8	160.3	+23.5
Premium gasoline	147.7	171.1	+23.4
Diesel	116.2	139.8	+23.6
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,415	1,833	+418
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,531	1,939	+408

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki165.3

Kagoshima165.1

Ehime164.7

Nagano164.1

Shimane163.6

Ōita163.2

Aomori162.2

Wakayama161.9

Okayama161.8

Kōchi161.7

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa155.5

Saitama156.9

Ibaraki157.4

Gunma157.4

Chiba157.6

Shiga157.6

Fukui158.0

Tochigi158.7

Kanagawa158.9

Miyagi159.0

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	160.2	170.8	140.1	1,838	+0.2
Aomori	162.2	172.4	142.2	1,806	+1.3
Iwate	159.1	169.8	138.2	1,769	+0.1
Miyagi	159.0	169.4	137.9	1,776	-0.3
Akita	160.6	171.0	140.2	1,816	+2.1
Yamagata	159.7	170.9	136.8	1,773	-0.1
Fukushima	159.5	170.7	138.0	1,769	±0
Ibaraki	157.4	168.5	136.4	1,785	+0.2
Tochigi	158.7	169.7	137.9	1,827	-0.1
Gunma	157.4	168.3	137.5	1,767	+0.5
Saitama	156.9	167.7	136.6	1,810	-0.2
Chiba	157.6	168.2	137.0	1,811	-0.2
Tokyo	161.2	172.0	140.3	1,896	-0.2
Kanagawa	158.9	169.7	139.1	1,820	-0.2
Niigata	159.6	170.3	140.1	1,827	+0.5
Toyama	160.2	171.1	138.7	1,838	-0.3
Ishikawa	159.8	170.6	140.3	1,810	+0.3
Fukui	158.0	170.0	142.7	1,831	+0.2
Yamanashi	160.3	171.2	138.0	1,810	±0
Nagano	164.1	175.5	141.7	1,793	±0
Gifu	161.5	172.5	139.1	1,814	±0
Shizuoka	160.5	172.1	140.6	1,853	-0.1
Aichi	160.0	170.8	138.8	1,837	-0.1
Mie	159.8	171.0	139.5	1,825	-0.1
Shiga	157.6	168.3	136.6	1,799	+0.1
Kyoto	160.8	171.8	140.7	1,874	+0.4
Osaka	161.0	171.8	140.7	1,834	+1.1
Hyōgo	160.0	170.9	139.1	1,817	-0.1
Nara	161.3	172.8	140.4	1,885	+1.4
Wakayama	161.9	172.1	142.6	1,878	+0.1
Tottori	159.9	170.9	141.3	1,838	±0
Shimane	163.6	174.0	143.3	1,837	-0.1
Okayama	161.8	172.7	139.9	1,814	±0
Hiroshima	161.5	172.4	140.6	1,831	+0.3
Yamaguchi	160.4	170.9	140.3	1,844	-0.1
Tokushima	161.0	173.5	140.0	1,861	+0.9
Kagawa	161.5	172.3	141.7	1,868	+1.8
Ehime	164.7	175.6	143.4	1,850	±0
Kōchi	161.7	172.3	139.6	1,888	±0
Fukuoka	159.2	169.9	137.1	1,800	-0.1
Saga	160.2	170.9	139.0	1,855	±0
Nagasaki	165.3	175.5	145.3	1,921	±0
Kumamoto	159.9	171.0	138.2	1,849	+0.1
Ōita	163.2	174.1	142.0	1,858	+0.5
Miyazaki	161.0	171.7	141.4	1,876	+0.5
Kagoshima	165.1	174.2	143.0	1,907	+0.3
Okinawa	155.5	166.0	149.6	2,066	-2.0

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 160.3 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (165.3); lowest: Okinawa (155.5); gap 9.8 yen.