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Fuel prices: survey of 16 Sep 2008

Regular gasoline173.0 yen/Lw/w -1.5

Premium gasoline183.8 yen/Lw/w -1.5

Diesel158.0 yen/Lw/w -1.1

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,264 yen/18 Lw/w -12

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	18 Sep 2007	16 Sep 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	143.6	173.0	+29.4
Premium gasoline	154.5	183.8	+29.3
Diesel	121.8	158.0	+36.2
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,489	2,264	+775
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,599	2,372	+773

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki182.3

Kagoshima179.4

Kōchi178.6

Ōita176.7

Saga176.1

Kumamoto176.0

Fukuoka175.8

Gifu175.7

Shimane175.5

Nagano175.4

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa165.0

Saitama169.0

Chiba169.4

Ibaraki169.5

Kagawa169.5

Akita169.6

Gunma169.6

Kanagawa169.9

Miyagi170.2

Tochigi170.8

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	172.6	183.2	155.5	2,282	-1.4
Aomori	172.8	182.7	155.4	2,238	-2.6
Iwate	171.2	182.3	154.7	2,219	-2.0
Miyagi	170.2	180.8	153.0	2,196	-2.6
Akita	169.6	180.7	157.3	2,229	-1.4
Yamagata	171.8	183.0	156.5	2,226	-1.2
Fukushima	173.3	184.2	154.6	2,205	-1.2
Ibaraki	169.5	180.4	152.9	2,198	-2.1
Tochigi	170.8	181.8	157.2	2,239	-1.2
Gunma	169.6	180.6	157.1	2,238	-1.2
Saitama	169.0	179.7	157.2	2,252	-1.7
Chiba	169.4	180.0	153.5	2,257	-2.4
Tokyo	173.7	184.4	159.8	2,317	-1.8
Kanagawa	169.9	180.8	160.0	2,285	-2.5
Niigata	172.4	183.3	157.9	2,260	-1.4
Toyama	173.5	184.5	158.5	2,296	-1.2
Ishikawa	174.0	184.9	158.6	2,280	-0.8
Fukui	171.6	183.9	161.1	2,257	-1.2
Yamanashi	175.2	186.3	159.0	2,210	-1.8
Nagano	175.4	186.9	161.1	2,223	-0.9
Gifu	175.7	186.8	159.1	2,269	-1.2
Shizuoka	174.1	185.8	160.3	2,300	-2.3
Aichi	173.2	184.2	158.0	2,265	-1.5
Mie	173.6	184.7	158.7	2,256	-1.6
Shiga	171.0	181.9	156.2	2,242	-0.6
Kyoto	173.5	184.8	157.9	2,239	-2.0
Osaka	172.3	183.0	159.8	2,297	-1.3
Hyōgo	173.2	184.5	157.4	2,255	-1.3
Nara	172.5	183.7	158.4	2,283	-1.1
Wakayama	175.3	186.0	159.3	2,310	-0.8
Tottori	173.2	184.0	159.9	2,273	-0.2
Shimane	175.5	185.8	161.1	2,272	-2.3
Okayama	170.9	181.8	156.0	2,193	-2.0
Hiroshima	173.2	184.0	159.1	2,244	-1.3
Yamaguchi	174.4	185.2	162.0	2,260	-1.9
Tokushima	174.0	186.7	158.3	2,268	-0.6
Kagawa	169.5	180.4	157.0	2,271	-1.0
Ehime	175.1	185.9	160.6	2,301	-1.1
Kōchi	178.6	188.6	158.7	2,337	-0.2
Fukuoka	175.8	187.0	158.5	2,231	-1.8
Saga	176.1	187.1	159.6	2,275	-1.2
Nagasaki	182.3	192.5	164.8	2,359	-1.0
Kumamoto	176.0	186.6	158.5	2,292	-1.3
Ōita	176.7	187.9	160.1	2,321	-2.0
Miyazaki	171.5	182.4	159.2	2,271	-1.5
Kagoshima	179.4	188.4	163.8	2,359	-0.3
Okinawa	165.0	175.2	149.2	2,250	-2.9

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 173.0 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (182.3); lowest: Okinawa (165.0); gap 17.3 yen.