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Fuel prices: survey of 25 Aug 2008

Regular gasoline181.7 yen/Lw/w -1.5

Premium gasoline192.6 yen/Lw/w -1.4

Diesel165.5 yen/Lw/w -1.0

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,366 yen/18 Lw/w -8

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	27 Aug 2007	25 Aug 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	145.3	181.7	+36.4
Premium gasoline	156.2	192.6	+36.4
Diesel	123.3	165.5	+42.2
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,500	2,366	+866
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,611	2,474	+863

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki191.3

Kagoshima187.8

Ōita187.3

Kumamoto186.5

Saga186.1

Fukuoka185.4

Nagano185.4

Shimane184.4

Gifu183.8

Yamanashi183.8

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa172.2

Akita176.0

Saitama177.1

Gunma177.7

Tochigi178.1

Shiga178.1

Ibaraki178.5

Kanagawa179.0

Yamagata179.2

Chiba179.4

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	181.0	191.6	163.5	2,412	-2.8
Aomori	180.5	190.5	162.5	2,334	-2.1
Iwate	179.6	190.6	162.6	2,322	-1.3
Miyagi	179.7	190.2	161.1	2,305	-1.1
Akita	176.0	187.1	163.7	2,340	-1.4
Yamagata	179.2	190.5	161.5	2,301	-0.1
Fukushima	182.9	193.9	163.6	2,318	-1.2
Ibaraki	178.5	189.5	160.9	2,308	-1.5
Tochigi	178.1	189.3	163.0	2,322	-1.1
Gunma	177.7	188.6	162.9	2,309	-1.5
Saitama	177.1	187.9	162.9	2,326	-2.2
Chiba	179.4	190.1	161.7	2,352	-1.6
Tokyo	182.3	193.0	166.7	2,380	-1.5
Kanagawa	179.0	189.9	167.3	2,369	-2.2
Niigata	182.3	193.0	166.2	2,364	-1.6
Toyama	182.3	193.4	166.5	2,437	-1.4
Ishikawa	182.2	193.0	164.8	2,384	-1.1
Fukui	182.2	194.3	170.3	2,392	-1.2
Yamanashi	183.8	194.8	167.5	2,356	-0.6
Nagano	185.4	197.0	168.4	2,331	-1.1
Gifu	183.8	194.9	166.4	2,395	-1.1
Shizuoka	183.1	194.7	169.0	2,413	-1.6
Aichi	181.6	192.8	165.8	2,366	-1.4
Mie	181.3	192.7	165.7	2,331	-1.0
Shiga	178.1	188.6	160.8	2,315	-5.3
Kyoto	182.5	193.9	165.7	2,368	-1.8
Osaka	181.3	192.1	167.1	2,347	-0.9
Hyōgo	182.2	193.4	165.4	2,340	-0.9
Nara	181.5	192.7	164.7	2,357	-1.3
Wakayama	182.5	192.9	165.7	2,383	-1.1
Tottori	182.1	193.3	168.3	2,394	-2.4
Shimane	184.4	194.6	169.9	2,391	-0.6
Okayama	180.7	191.6	165.5	2,358	-2.1
Hiroshima	181.4	192.2	166.2	2,342	-0.7
Yamaguchi	183.5	194.0	168.7	2,381	-0.8
Tokushima	182.3	195.2	166.0	2,385	-0.7
Kagawa	180.3	191.3	164.2	2,390	-3.0
Ehime	182.9	193.8	166.2	2,368	-2.5
Kōchi	181.5	191.0	161.7	2,400	-7.4
Fukuoka	185.4	196.4	167.1	2,351	-0.6
Saga	186.1	197.0	168.8	2,420	-0.6
Nagasaki	191.3	201.1	172.3	2,466	-1.0
Kumamoto	186.5	197.4	167.3	2,433	-1.5
Ōita	187.3	198.4	170.7	2,429	-0.9
Miyazaki	181.6	192.0	166.7	2,393	-1.3
Kagoshima	187.8	196.9	169.8	2,436	-1.0
Okinawa	172.2	182.5	157.8	2,389	+4.1

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 181.7 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (191.3); lowest: Okinawa (172.2); gap 19.1 yen.