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Fuel prices: survey of 19 Mar 2012

Regular gasoline155.6 yen/Lw/w +3.0

Premium gasoline166.4 yen/Lw/w +3.0

Diesel135.0 yen/Lw/w +2.5

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,748 yen/18 Lw/w +18

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	7 Mar 2011	19 Mar 2012	Change
Regular gasoline	145.5	155.6	+10.1
Premium gasoline	156.3	166.4	+10.1
Diesel	125.8	135.0	+9.2
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,620	1,748	+128
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,733	1,865	+132

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Kagoshima161.2

Tokyo159.7

Nagasaki159.3

Shizuoka158.8

Nagano158.8

Ōita158.2

Nara158.1

Fukuoka157.9

Saga157.8

Shimane157.7

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Kōchi148.2

Okinawa150.3

Fukui151.6

Shiga152.0

Chiba152.3

Kagawa152.5

Miyazaki152.8

Ibaraki152.9

Yamaguchi153.0

Saitama153.4

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	157.5	168.1	142.0	1,726	+2.4
Aomori	157.1	168.0	136.8	1,704	+3.3
Iwate	156.8	167.8	136.0	1,706	+3.1
Miyagi	155.5	165.8	134.7	1,676	+3.1
Akita	155.4	166.0	134.0	1,709	+4.3
Yamagata	156.5	167.6	135.2	1,703	+3.0
Fukushima	154.8	165.7	134.0	1,722	+2.9
Ibaraki	152.9	163.9	131.6	1,698	+2.5
Tochigi	155.3	166.2	133.3	1,759	+2.5
Gunma	155.1	166.3	132.6	1,740	+5.0
Saitama	153.4	164.3	132.7	1,720	+3.4
Chiba	152.3	162.9	130.6	1,736	+3.3
Tokyo	159.7	170.2	139.3	1,835	+4.1
Kanagawa	157.5	168.4	136.2	1,772	+4.8
Niigata	156.7	167.7	135.4	1,778	+3.1
Toyama	157.2	168.1	135.5	1,764	+3.6
Ishikawa	155.7	166.7	135.5	1,747	+2.9
Fukui	151.6	163.4	133.5	1,697	+0.6
Yamanashi	155.6	166.7	133.7	1,749	+3.2
Nagano	158.8	169.9	136.6	1,737	+3.5
Gifu	157.5	168.8	136.0	1,744	+2.7
Shizuoka	158.8	170.0	137.6	1,800	+3.4
Aichi	155.2	166.2	133.8	1,768	+2.6
Mie	155.7	166.9	135.6	1,767	+3.1
Shiga	152.0	162.4	130.4	1,719	+2.7
Kyoto	155.6	166.4	134.7	1,782	+2.6
Osaka	154.6	165.2	134.3	1,709	+3.1
Hyōgo	155.1	166.0	135.0	1,745	+3.1
Nara	158.1	169.1	137.7	1,738	+4.2
Wakayama	156.1	166.7	135.3	1,723	+2.3
Tottori	154.6	165.7	134.5	1,732	+3.0
Shimane	157.7	168.2	139.7	1,811	+2.1
Okayama	154.1	165.0	134.5	1,716	+3.2
Hiroshima	154.9	165.7	134.2	1,736	+3.2
Yamaguchi	153.0	164.0	134.4	1,735	+3.1
Tokushima	154.5	165.5	132.5	1,769	+3.1
Kagawa	152.5	163.4	131.7	1,695	+2.6
Ehime	153.5	164.3	133.7	1,748	+1.9
Kōchi	148.2	158.2	125.4	1,736	+2.2
Fukuoka	157.9	168.9	134.7	1,746	+3.1
Saga	157.8	168.6	135.8	1,800	+2.2
Nagasaki	159.3	169.2	141.9	1,790	+2.0
Kumamoto	154.7	165.6	132.8	1,745	+2.4
Ōita	158.2	169.2	136.1	1,766	+3.1
Miyazaki	152.8	163.3	133.6	1,772	+3.2
Kagoshima	161.2	171.3	140.6	1,839	+2.7
Okinawa	150.3	160.2	130.6	1,848	+1.4

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 155.6 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Kagoshima (161.2); lowest: Kōchi (148.2); gap 13.0 yen.