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Fuel prices: survey of 8 Sep 2008

Regular gasoline174.5 yen/Lw/w -1.7

Premium gasoline185.3 yen/Lw/w -1.8

Diesel159.1 yen/Lw/w -1.4

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,276 yen/18 Lw/w -17

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	10 Sep 2007	8 Sep 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	144.0	174.5	+30.5
Premium gasoline	154.9	185.3	+30.4
Diesel	122.1	159.1	+37.0
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,490	2,276	+786
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,600	2,382	+782

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki183.3

Kagoshima179.7

Kōchi178.8

Ōita178.7

Shimane177.8

Fukuoka177.6

Kumamoto177.3

Saga177.3

Yamanashi177.0

Gifu176.9

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa167.9

Kagawa170.5

Saitama170.7

Gunma170.8

Akita171.0

Ibaraki171.6

Shiga171.6

Chiba171.8

Tochigi172.0

Kanagawa172.4

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	174.0	184.7	156.5	2,290	-2.1
Aomori	175.4	185.4	157.1	2,256	-1.5
Iwate	173.2	184.1	156.3	2,229	-1.1
Miyagi	172.8	183.2	154.9	2,220	-2.5
Akita	171.0	182.0	158.7	2,244	-2.4
Yamagata	173.0	184.3	157.0	2,237	-2.6
Fukushima	174.5	185.4	155.8	2,220	-0.7
Ibaraki	171.6	182.6	155.0	2,221	-2.4
Tochigi	172.0	183.2	158.0	2,246	-2.7
Gunma	170.8	181.8	157.8	2,247	-3.3
Saitama	170.7	181.4	158.2	2,260	-2.3
Chiba	171.8	182.4	155.2	2,274	-1.9
Tokyo	175.5	186.2	160.9	2,327	-2.0
Kanagawa	172.4	183.3	161.5	2,308	-2.6
Niigata	173.8	184.6	158.8	2,266	-1.5
Toyama	174.7	185.8	160.0	2,318	-2.0
Ishikawa	174.8	185.8	159.2	2,291	-2.0
Fukui	172.8	185.0	162.3	2,270	-2.8
Yamanashi	177.0	188.1	161.1	2,232	-1.1
Nagano	176.3	187.7	161.5	2,231	-1.8
Gifu	176.9	188.1	160.3	2,285	-1.2
Shizuoka	176.4	188.2	161.9	2,307	-1.3
Aichi	174.7	185.8	159.3	2,280	-1.4
Mie	175.2	186.4	159.7	2,261	-1.1
Shiga	171.6	182.5	156.6	2,255	-1.7
Kyoto	175.5	186.8	160.3	2,264	-1.2
Osaka	173.6	184.5	160.9	2,307	-2.7
Hyōgo	174.5	185.6	158.5	2,268	-1.6
Nara	173.6	184.7	159.0	2,289	-2.9
Wakayama	176.1	186.7	160.2	2,316	-1.3
Tottori	173.4	184.3	160.2	2,278	-1.3
Shimane	177.8	187.8	162.9	2,287	-0.8
Okayama	172.9	183.8	156.3	2,193	-2.8
Hiroshima	174.5	185.1	159.7	2,260	-2.5
Yamaguchi	176.3	187.0	162.7	2,280	-1.5
Tokushima	174.6	187.1	158.9	2,269	-3.0
Kagawa	170.5	181.4	157.6	2,271	-1.9
Ehime	176.2	187.0	161.4	2,311	-1.7
Kōchi	178.8	188.8	158.9	2,338	-0.2
Fukuoka	177.6	188.7	159.9	2,248	-1.6
Saga	177.3	188.2	161.0	2,289	-1.0
Nagasaki	183.3	193.5	165.4	2,364	-1.2
Kumamoto	177.3	187.9	159.5	2,304	-2.0
Ōita	178.7	190.0	161.8	2,333	-0.7
Miyazaki	173.0	183.7	159.8	2,287	-2.7
Kagoshima	179.7	188.8	163.9	2,359	-2.1
Okinawa	167.9	178.3	152.4	2,303	+6.2

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 174.5 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (183.3); lowest: Okinawa (167.9); gap 15.4 yen.