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Fuel prices: survey of 4 Aug 2008

Regular gasoline185.1 yen/Lw/w +4.4

Premium gasoline196.0 yen/Lw/w +4.4

Diesel167.4 yen/Lw/w +4.5

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,375 yen/18 Lw/w +72

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	6 Aug 2007	4 Aug 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	145.1	185.1	+40.0
Premium gasoline	156.0	196.0	+40.0
Diesel	123.0	167.4	+44.4
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,495	2,375	+880
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,606	2,481	+875

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki193.5

Ōita190.0

Kagoshima189.0

Kōchi189.0

Saga188.4

Kumamoto188.1

Nagano187.8

Fukuoka187.7

Ishikawa187.3

Shizuoka187.2

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa174.3

Tochigi179.2

Yamagata179.5

Ibaraki180.6

Gunma180.8

Akita181.0

Saitama182.6

Hiroshima183.2

Shiga183.6

Tokushima183.7

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	187.2	198.0	167.5	2,431	+6.1
Aomori	184.3	194.4	165.0	2,343	+5.0
Iwate	183.8	194.7	164.5	2,334	+6.0
Miyagi	184.0	194.8	164.3	2,308	+5.0
Akita	181.0	191.7	165.4	2,342	+4.8
Yamagata	179.5	190.7	161.4	2,280	+1.5
Fukushima	185.3	196.4	165.1	2,327	+4.2
Ibaraki	180.6	191.6	161.7	2,319	+2.5
Tochigi	179.2	190.4	162.5	2,316	+0.7
Gunma	180.8	191.8	165.0	2,320	+3.9
Saitama	182.6	193.4	165.4	2,332	+5.4
Chiba	184.2	194.9	164.8	2,359	+6.3
Tokyo	186.0	196.7	168.2	2,386	+4.4
Kanagawa	186.4	197.3	170.2	2,374	+7.0
Niigata	185.1	195.8	167.5	2,371	+4.6
Toyama	186.6	197.5	168.8	2,443	+5.1
Ishikawa	187.3	198.2	167.9	2,412	+5.8
Fukui	185.9	198.1	172.1	2,407	+4.9
Yamanashi	186.3	197.4	168.5	2,363	+4.1
Nagano	187.8	199.2	169.5	2,331	+4.4
Gifu	186.3	197.7	167.8	2,401	+4.6
Shizuoka	187.2	198.9	171.7	2,419	+4.6
Aichi	185.3	196.5	167.7	2,377	+4.5
Mie	184.3	195.5	167.1	2,333	+4.3
Shiga	183.6	194.2	165.0	2,345	+3.0
Kyoto	186.1	197.5	168.0	2,390	+4.6
Osaka	184.3	195.1	169.0	2,352	+4.0
Hyōgo	184.3	195.4	166.1	2,354	+2.8
Nara	185.1	196.5	166.6	2,363	+3.8
Wakayama	184.9	195.4	168.0	2,406	+3.2
Tottori	186.2	197.3	169.6	2,407	+5.5
Shimane	184.9	195.1	169.4	2,379	+2.2
Okayama	186.8	197.8	168.0	2,366	+6.4
Hiroshima	183.2	194.2	167.4	2,332	+2.3
Yamaguchi	185.0	195.5	169.0	2,377	+4.2
Tokushima	183.7	196.5	166.5	2,373	+3.4
Kagawa	184.6	195.5	166.3	2,391	+3.5
Ehime	186.9	197.8	168.8	2,365	+3.1
Kōchi	189.0	199.1	168.7	2,492	+9.6
Fukuoka	187.7	198.5	168.2	2,361	+5.0
Saga	188.4	199.3	169.8	2,424	+5.2
Nagasaki	193.5	203.4	174.0	2,478	+5.3
Kumamoto	188.1	199.0	168.2	2,441	+6.2
Ōita	190.0	200.9	172.0	2,452	+5.2
Miyazaki	184.1	194.4	166.8	2,393	+3.0
Kagoshima	189.0	198.0	169.5	2,432	+3.6
Okinawa	174.3	184.6	167.7	2,479	-1.9

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 185.1 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (193.5); lowest: Okinawa (174.3); gap 19.2 yen.