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Fuel prices: survey of 12 Mar 2012

Regular gasoline152.6 yen/Lw/w +3.4

Premium gasoline163.4 yen/Lw/w +3.4

Diesel132.5 yen/Lw/w +2.7

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,730 yen/18 Lw/w +25

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	7 Mar 2011	12 Mar 2012	Change
Regular gasoline	145.5	152.6	+7.1
Premium gasoline	156.3	163.4	+7.1
Diesel	125.8	132.5	+6.7
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,620	1,730	+110
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,733	1,847	+114

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Kagoshima158.5

Nagasaki157.3

Saga155.6

Shimane155.6

Tokyo155.6

Shizuoka155.4

Nagano155.3

Ōita155.1

Hokkaido155.1

Fukuoka154.8

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Kōchi146.0

Okinawa148.9

Chiba149.0

Shiga149.3

Miyazaki149.6

Yamaguchi149.9

Kagawa149.9

Saitama150.0

Gunma150.1

Ibaraki150.4

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	155.1	165.7	139.6	1,717	+5.8
Aomori	153.8	164.8	133.4	1,689	+4.3
Iwate	153.7	164.6	132.9	1,694	+3.1
Miyagi	152.4	162.7	132.0	1,666	+3.7
Akita	151.1	161.8	131.3	1,678	+2.6
Yamagata	153.5	164.5	133.0	1,685	+3.1
Fukushima	151.9	162.8	131.0	1,707	+3.4
Ibaraki	150.4	161.3	129.5	1,678	+3.8
Tochigi	152.8	163.6	130.9	1,743	+3.1
Gunma	150.1	161.1	129.3	1,709	+3.7
Saitama	150.0	160.8	129.7	1,707	+4.0
Chiba	149.0	159.6	128.0	1,716	+3.4
Tokyo	155.6	166.1	136.2	1,817	+3.5
Kanagawa	152.7	163.6	132.7	1,745	+4.4
Niigata	153.6	164.6	132.9	1,760	+2.8
Toyama	153.6	164.6	132.5	1,738	+3.1
Ishikawa	152.8	163.8	132.9	1,724	+3.2
Fukui	151.0	162.7	133.0	1,692	+1.7
Yamanashi	152.4	163.7	131.2	1,714	+3.7
Nagano	155.3	166.5	134.2	1,709	+2.1
Gifu	154.8	166.1	133.9	1,720	+2.7
Shizuoka	155.4	166.5	134.4	1,776	+2.7
Aichi	152.6	163.5	131.7	1,746	+3.9
Mie	152.6	163.8	133.2	1,744	+2.5
Shiga	149.3	159.8	129.3	1,705	+4.9
Kyoto	153.0	163.8	133.2	1,774	+3.1
Osaka	151.5	162.2	131.8	1,695	+4.1
Hyōgo	152.0	163.0	132.5	1,718	+2.5
Nara	153.9	164.9	133.9	1,704	+2.6
Wakayama	153.8	164.5	133.1	1,724	+3.4
Tottori	151.6	162.6	132.5	1,719	+3.6
Shimane	155.6	166.1	138.3	1,789	+2.3
Okayama	150.9	161.6	131.0	1,704	+2.4
Hiroshima	151.7	162.6	132.0	1,722	+3.2
Yamaguchi	149.9	160.7	133.0	1,722	+3.0
Tokushima	151.4	162.4	130.9	1,753	+3.3
Kagawa	149.9	160.7	129.8	1,680	+3.4
Ehime	151.6	162.3	132.1	1,740	+3.5
Kōchi	146.0	156.2	123.3	1,707	±0
Fukuoka	154.8	166.0	132.2	1,729	+4.4
Saga	155.6	166.4	133.8	1,783	+4.3
Nagasaki	157.3	167.4	140.2	1,771	+2.1
Kumamoto	152.3	163.2	131.0	1,728	+3.4
Ōita	155.1	165.9	133.0	1,749	+3.4
Miyazaki	149.6	160.1	131.4	1,752	+2.6
Kagoshima	158.5	168.4	138.3	1,822	+2.8
Okinawa	148.9	158.8	129.2	1,838	+4.9

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 152.6 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Kagoshima (158.5); lowest: Kōchi (146.0); gap 12.5 yen.