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Fuel prices: survey of 26 Mar 2012

Regular gasoline157.6 yen/Lw/w +2.0

Premium gasoline168.4 yen/Lw/w +2.0

Diesel136.6 yen/Lw/w +1.6

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,762 yen/18 Lw/w +14

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	28 Mar 2011	26 Mar 2012	Change
Regular gasoline	151.7	157.6	+5.9
Premium gasoline	162.5	168.4	+5.9
Diesel	131.2	136.6	+5.4
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,688	1,762	+74
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,798	1,880	+82

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki163.2

Kagoshima162.6

Ōita160.7

Tokyo160.5

Nagano160.3

Saga160.2

Fukuoka160.2

Hokkaido160.2

Shimane159.4

Shizuoka159.4

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa151.3

Chiba154.6

Fukui154.8

Ibaraki155.0

Shiga155.0

Okayama155.0

Ehime155.2

Kōchi155.2

Miyazaki155.2

Saitama155.3

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	160.2	170.8	144.4	1,766	+2.7
Aomori	158.3	169.1	137.7	1,713	+1.2
Iwate	158.1	169.0	137.1	1,713	+1.3
Miyagi	156.5	166.9	135.7	1,681	+1.0
Akita	157.7	168.3	135.6	1,731	+2.3
Yamagata	158.8	169.8	136.5	1,715	+2.3
Fukushima	156.2	167.1	135.3	1,730	+1.4
Ibaraki	155.0	166.0	133.3	1,717	+2.1
Tochigi	156.6	167.5	134.4	1,774	+1.3
Gunma	156.4	167.4	133.7	1,749	+1.3
Saitama	155.3	166.2	134.5	1,731	+1.9
Chiba	154.6	165.2	132.1	1,751	+2.3
Tokyo	160.5	171.0	139.9	1,841	+0.8
Kanagawa	158.8	169.7	137.0	1,775	+1.3
Niigata	157.4	168.3	136.0	1,784	+0.7
Toyama	158.0	169.0	135.9	1,770	+0.8
Ishikawa	156.9	167.8	136.4	1,760	+1.2
Fukui	154.8	166.2	136.0	1,726	+3.2
Yamanashi	157.9	169.1	135.5	1,767	+2.3
Nagano	160.3	171.5	137.8	1,748	+1.5
Gifu	159.4	170.7	137.6	1,754	+1.9
Shizuoka	159.4	170.6	138.2	1,806	+0.6
Aichi	158.0	168.9	136.2	1,781	+2.8
Mie	158.2	169.5	137.8	1,772	+2.5
Shiga	155.0	165.4	133.0	1,747	+3.0
Kyoto	158.6	169.4	137.6	1,797	+3.0
Osaka	156.8	167.5	136.3	1,713	+2.2
Hyōgo	157.2	168.0	136.5	1,750	+2.1
Nara	158.6	169.6	138.1	1,742	+0.5
Wakayama	158.3	169.0	137.2	1,753	+2.2
Tottori	157.2	168.2	136.1	1,741	+2.6
Shimane	159.4	169.8	140.9	1,820	+1.7
Okayama	155.0	165.8	135.3	1,722	+0.9
Hiroshima	156.8	167.5	136.0	1,752	+1.9
Yamaguchi	155.8	166.6	136.3	1,752	+2.8
Tokushima	157.1	168.1	134.5	1,788	+2.6
Kagawa	155.3	166.1	134.3	1,721	+2.8
Ehime	155.2	166.1	135.1	1,767	+1.7
Kōchi	155.2	165.2	132.4	1,816	+7.0
Fukuoka	160.2	171.2	136.8	1,764	+2.3
Saga	160.2	171.0	137.6	1,805	+2.4
Nagasaki	163.2	173.2	144.8	1,818	+3.9
Kumamoto	157.7	168.7	134.8	1,758	+3.0
Ōita	160.7	171.6	138.4	1,786	+2.5
Miyazaki	155.2	165.8	135.6	1,792	+2.4
Kagoshima	162.6	172.5	141.7	1,853	+1.4
Okinawa	151.3	161.1	131.6	1,846	+1.0

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 157.6 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (163.2); lowest: Okinawa (151.3); gap 11.9 yen.