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Fuel prices: survey of 6 Oct 2008

Regular gasoline164.7 yen/Lw/w -5.5

Premium gasoline175.5 yen/Lw/w -5.6

Diesel150.0 yen/Lw/w -5.8

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,117 yen/18 Lw/w -118

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	1 Oct 2007	6 Oct 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	144.0	164.7	+20.7
Premium gasoline	154.9	175.5	+20.6
Diesel	122.2	150.0	+27.8
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,496	2,117	+621
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,605	2,228	+623

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki173.6

Kagoshima172.8

Ōita168.4

Saga168.2

Ehime168.0

Gifu167.9

Kumamoto167.4

Shimane167.4

Nagano167.4

Kōchi167.3

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa152.0

Gunma159.9

Saitama160.3

Hokkaido160.9

Iwate161.1

Akita161.7

Tochigi161.9

Chiba162.0

Ibaraki162.7

Miyagi162.8

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	160.9	171.5	145.0	2,106	-5.2
Aomori	163.6	173.7	146.4	2,063	-6.0
Iwate	161.1	172.3	145.9	2,030	-6.2
Miyagi	162.8	173.0	146.0	1,990	-4.6
Akita	161.7	172.6	148.3	2,058	-6.0
Yamagata	163.5	174.4	146.2	1,985	-5.1
Fukushima	165.3	176.3	148.1	2,100	-5.0
Ibaraki	162.7	173.6	146.5	2,067	-5.1
Tochigi	161.9	172.9	149.6	2,105	-5.4
Gunma	159.9	170.5	149.5	2,124	-6.2
Saitama	160.3	171.0	149.1	2,106	-5.0
Chiba	162.0	172.5	146.4	2,142	-4.7
Tokyo	165.7	176.2	153.1	2,179	-5.5
Kanagawa	163.0	173.9	152.6	2,178	-3.8
Niigata	162.9	173.5	149.5	2,096	-6.4
Toyama	166.4	177.3	151.1	2,133	-5.5
Ishikawa	165.2	176.1	149.5	2,048	-6.0
Fukui	163.7	175.8	153.3	2,074	-5.6
Yamanashi	167.0	178.0	150.8	2,073	-6.6
Nagano	167.4	178.8	153.6	2,090	-6.0
Gifu	167.9	179.1	150.7	2,105	-6.0
Shizuoka	166.5	178.0	151.8	2,145	-5.6
Aichi	165.5	176.6	150.2	2,134	-5.7
Mie	164.6	175.8	150.1	2,118	-6.7
Shiga	163.1	173.8	146.2	2,084	-5.5
Kyoto	164.6	175.9	149.4	2,064	-7.3
Osaka	164.4	175.6	151.9	2,168	-4.8
Hyōgo	164.7	175.9	150.0	2,136	-5.4
Nara	164.1	175.0	151.3	2,145	-5.5
Wakayama	166.5	177.0	152.3	2,136	-6.6
Tottori	164.0	174.5	150.5	2,132	-4.2
Shimane	167.4	177.8	154.2	2,152	-6.3
Okayama	164.0	175.1	149.3	2,097	-4.3
Hiroshima	165.2	176.3	152.1	2,105	-4.6
Yamaguchi	166.1	176.9	154.4	2,125	-5.2
Tokushima	165.4	178.0	149.7	2,121	-7.2
Kagawa	165.7	176.3	148.1	2,087	-2.9
Ehime	168.0	179.0	153.2	2,181	-5.0
Kōchi	167.3	177.2	147.6	2,181	-4.7
Fukuoka	166.9	178.1	150.3	2,082	-6.4
Saga	168.2	179.1	150.3	2,087	-6.8
Nagasaki	173.6	184.0	156.5	2,195	-6.7
Kumamoto	167.4	177.8	150.1	2,157	-6.6
Ōita	168.4	179.7	151.7	2,142	-6.0
Miyazaki	166.1	177.0	153.0	2,187	-4.5
Kagoshima	172.8	182.0	156.5	2,229	-5.6
Okinawa	152.0	162.5	139.0	2,126	-6.6

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 164.7 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (173.6); lowest: Okinawa (152.0); gap 21.6 yen.