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Fuel prices: survey of 14 Oct 2008

Regular gasoline161.6 yen/Lw/w -3.1

Premium gasoline172.5 yen/Lw/w -3.0

Diesel147.5 yen/Lw/w -2.5

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,075 yen/18 Lw/w -42

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	15 Oct 2007	14 Oct 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	144.9	161.6	+16.7
Premium gasoline	155.7	172.5	+16.8
Diesel	123.0	147.5	+24.5
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,509	2,075	+566
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,618	2,191	+573

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki171.8

Kagoshima171.0

Shimane166.8

Ōita165.9

Saga165.6

Ehime165.3

Kumamoto165.1

Nagano165.0

Gifu164.6

Shizuoka164.2

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa146.3

Saitama156.6

Shiga157.1

Gunma157.3

Chiba158.1

Akita158.3

Iwate158.6

Tochigi159.2

Okayama159.2

Ibaraki159.4

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	160.0	170.5	144.0	2,083	-0.9
Aomori	161.0	171.0	144.3	2,020	-2.6
Iwate	158.6	170.1	144.0	2,009	-2.5
Miyagi	159.9	169.9	143.1	1,940	-2.9
Akita	158.3	169.3	146.5	2,001	-3.4
Yamagata	160.0	170.9	143.1	1,955	-3.5
Fukushima	161.4	172.4	145.3	2,062	-3.9
Ibaraki	159.4	170.4	143.8	2,013	-3.3
Tochigi	159.2	170.3	146.8	2,077	-2.7
Gunma	157.3	168.2	147.7	2,086	-2.6
Saitama	156.6	167.2	146.3	2,070	-3.7
Chiba	158.1	168.7	143.2	2,083	-3.9
Tokyo	161.9	172.5	150.1	2,126	-3.8
Kanagawa	160.0	171.0	150.1	2,142	-3.0
Niigata	160.7	171.4	147.5	2,074	-2.2
Toyama	163.7	174.7	148.7	2,078	-2.7
Ishikawa	162.2	173.1	146.9	1,980	-3.0
Fukui	161.4	173.4	151.2	1,996	-2.3
Yamanashi	164.1	175.2	148.6	2,042	-2.9
Nagano	165.0	176.4	151.4	2,050	-2.4
Gifu	164.6	175.8	147.5	2,046	-3.3
Shizuoka	164.2	175.8	150.0	2,132	-2.3
Aichi	162.6	173.7	147.7	2,097	-2.9
Mie	160.7	172.0	147.3	2,091	-3.9
Shiga	157.1	167.6	143.5	2,058	-6.0
Kyoto	161.1	172.4	146.4	2,021	-3.5
Osaka	160.2	171.5	148.7	2,124	-4.2
Hyōgo	162.5	173.5	148.0	2,108	-2.2
Nara	160.5	171.3	148.8	2,057	-3.6
Wakayama	164.0	174.6	149.6	2,094	-2.5
Tottori	160.1	170.7	148.5	2,077	-3.9
Shimane	166.8	177.1	153.5	2,110	-0.6
Okayama	159.2	170.2	146.5	2,061	-4.8
Hiroshima	161.3	172.3	149.6	2,056	-3.9
Yamaguchi	163.0	173.6	151.6	2,081	-3.1
Tokushima	163.8	176.3	148.3	2,091	-1.6
Kagawa	161.8	172.3	144.3	2,022	-3.9
Ehime	165.3	176.2	150.8	2,140	-2.7
Kōchi	161.5	171.6	142.3	2,115	-5.8
Fukuoka	162.9	174.1	147.0	2,032	-4.0
Saga	165.6	176.5	148.4	2,067	-2.6
Nagasaki	171.8	182.1	155.3	2,166	-1.8
Kumamoto	165.1	175.7	148.4	2,102	-2.3
Ōita	165.9	177.0	149.8	2,107	-2.5
Miyazaki	164.0	174.7	151.5	2,156	-2.1
Kagoshima	171.0	180.4	154.9	2,204	-1.8
Okinawa	146.3	156.7	133.2	2,026	-5.7

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 161.6 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (171.8); lowest: Okinawa (146.3); gap 25.5 yen.