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Fuel prices: survey of 20 Oct 2008

Regular gasoline157.4 yen/Lw/w -4.2

Premium gasoline168.2 yen/Lw/w -4.3

Diesel144.0 yen/Lw/w -3.5

Kerosene (store, 18 L)2,018 yen/18 Lw/w -57

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	22 Oct 2007	20 Oct 2008	Change
Regular gasoline	144.9	157.4	+12.5
Premium gasoline	155.7	168.2	+12.5
Diesel	123.0	144.0	+21.0
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,513	2,018	+505
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,622	2,139	+517

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki168.6

Kagoshima166.3

Shimane163.9

Ōita163.5

Kumamoto161.9

Ehime161.3

Kōchi161.0

Wakayama160.9

Saga160.8

Nagano160.3

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa140.1

Saitama151.7

Shiga152.3

Kanagawa154.0

Gunma154.1

Okayama154.3

Chiba154.4

Miyagi154.8

Ibaraki154.8

Fukui155.0

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	156.2	166.9	140.2	1,999	-3.8
Aomori	157.0	167.3	141.4	1,958	-4.0
Iwate	155.2	166.5	141.3	1,922	-3.4
Miyagi	154.8	164.7	138.6	1,880	-5.1
Akita	155.5	166.5	144.1	1,954	-2.8
Yamagata	156.0	167.0	141.2	1,895	-4.0
Fukushima	158.0	169.1	142.8	2,018	-3.4
Ibaraki	154.8	165.8	139.5	1,937	-4.6
Tochigi	155.1	166.5	143.2	2,009	-4.1
Gunma	154.1	165.1	144.7	2,036	-3.2
Saitama	151.7	162.4	142.7	1,999	-4.9
Chiba	154.4	164.9	140.1	2,030	-3.7
Tokyo	157.1	167.7	146.1	2,074	-4.8
Kanagawa	154.0	164.2	145.2	2,082	-6.0
Niigata	156.0	166.7	143.1	2,018	-4.7
Toyama	160.3	171.2	145.6	2,001	-3.4
Ishikawa	157.3	168.2	142.8	1,902	-4.9
Fukui	155.0	167.0	144.9	1,915	-6.4
Yamanashi	157.2	168.4	143.9	1,957	-6.9
Nagano	160.3	171.8	147.6	2,012	-4.7
Gifu	160.0	171.3	144.3	1,989	-4.6
Shizuoka	160.0	171.4	146.7	2,094	-4.2
Aichi	158.8	170.0	144.6	2,064	-3.8
Mie	157.3	168.6	145.0	2,060	-3.4
Shiga	152.3	163.3	140.3	1,985	-4.8
Kyoto	156.3	167.5	143.2	1,970	-4.8
Osaka	155.2	166.4	144.2	2,076	-5.0
Hyōgo	158.9	169.6	144.7	2,063	-3.6
Nara	155.7	166.5	144.7	2,016	-4.8
Wakayama	160.9	172.0	147.2	2,060	-3.1
Tottori	155.0	165.5	145.3	2,004	-5.1
Shimane	163.9	174.1	151.3	2,058	-2.9
Okayama	154.3	165.2	143.3	1,988	-4.9
Hiroshima	157.7	168.7	146.4	2,016	-3.6
Yamaguchi	159.8	170.2	148.6	2,019	-3.2
Tokushima	160.0	172.9	145.7	2,054	-3.8
Kagawa	156.4	167.1	139.7	1,953	-5.4
Ehime	161.3	172.2	147.3	2,050	-4.0
Kōchi	161.0	171.2	141.9	2,111	-0.5
Fukuoka	158.9	170.1	144.0	1,981	-4.0
Saga	160.8	171.8	145.3	2,047	-4.8
Nagasaki	168.6	178.7	152.9	2,115	-3.2
Kumamoto	161.9	172.3	145.2	2,044	-3.2
Ōita	163.5	174.7	147.3	2,066	-2.4
Miyazaki	157.2	168.0	145.1	2,038	-6.8
Kagoshima	166.3	175.6	151.3	2,154	-4.7
Okinawa	140.1	151.2	128.4	1,988	-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 157.4 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (168.6); lowest: Okinawa (140.1); gap 28.5 yen.