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Fuel prices: survey of 20 Aug 2012

Regular gasoline143.8 yen/Lw/w +2.8

Premium gasoline154.7 yen/Lw/w +2.9

Diesel124.5 yen/Lw/w +2.3

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,613 yen/18 Lw/w +21

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	22 Aug 2011	20 Aug 2012	Change
Regular gasoline	149.1	143.8	-5.3
Premium gasoline	159.8	154.7	-5.1
Diesel	128.5	124.5	-4.0
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,659	1,613	-46
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,771	1,730	-41

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki150.1

Kagoshima148.7

Nagano148.2

Ōita148.0

Tokyo147.4

Shizuoka147.1

Shimane146.3

Nara146.2

Wakayama145.5

Gifu145.5

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okinawa139.4

Akita139.8

Chiba140.7

Kagawa140.7

Osaka140.9

Ehime141.1

Miyazaki141.5

Ibaraki141.6

Saitama141.6

Kōchi142.0

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	142.4	153.0	126.5	1,540	+2.4
Aomori	143.4	154.2	123.7	1,526	+3.6
Iwate	143.8	154.8	123.5	1,544	+3.7
Miyagi	142.3	152.7	121.9	1,535	+2.7
Akita	139.8	150.6	122.4	1,510	+2.4
Yamagata	143.4	154.4	126.4	1,547	+2.2
Fukushima	144.0	155.1	124.0	1,609	+3.8
Ibaraki	141.6	152.6	120.3	1,541	+3.4
Tochigi	144.6	155.5	125.7	1,626	+3.5
Gunma	144.3	155.5	124.7	1,611	+3.1
Saitama	141.6	152.5	121.6	1,592	+3.3
Chiba	140.7	151.5	119.4	1,610	+3.2
Tokyo	147.4	158.6	127.9	1,754	+3.5
Kanagawa	144.3	155.2	124.4	1,653	+3.5
Niigata	145.3	156.2	125.7	1,648	+3.3
Toyama	145.1	155.9	127.2	1,622	+3.8
Ishikawa	143.2	154.6	123.4	1,535	+2.8
Fukui	143.4	155.0	128.4	1,610	+1.2
Yamanashi	143.9	155.0	123.2	1,578	+2.0
Nagano	148.2	159.3	128.5	1,557	+3.0
Gifu	145.5	156.7	125.2	1,594	+2.7
Shizuoka	147.1	158.3	126.4	1,684	+2.9
Aichi	143.5	154.6	123.9	1,639	+3.6
Mie	144.7	155.8	126.2	1,641	+3.7
Shiga	142.8	153.2	119.3	1,592	+3.1
Kyoto	144.3	155.0	124.7	1,677	+2.5
Osaka	140.9	151.5	123.2	1,637	+2.6
Hyōgo	142.1	153.1	125.2	1,616	+2.8
Nara	146.2	157.4	126.1	1,637	+3.2
Wakayama	145.5	156.1	124.0	1,626	+1.6
Tottori	143.1	154.2	125.4	1,631	+2.4
Shimane	146.3	156.9	130.4	1,690	+2.6
Okayama	142.4	153.1	122.7	1,586	+3.7
Hiroshima	142.7	153.5	125.3	1,643	+2.9
Yamaguchi	143.6	154.5	125.3	1,628	+1.9
Tokushima	142.3	153.6	121.8	1,625	+2.3
Kagawa	140.7	151.7	121.8	1,554	+2.4
Ehime	141.1	152.0	122.5	1,589	+2.0
Kōchi	142.0	152.2	118.8	1,662	+0.2
Fukuoka	144.2	155.4	122.3	1,574	+2.5
Saga	145.3	156.2	125.2	1,655	+0.8
Nagasaki	150.1	160.6	133.4	1,683	+2.6
Kumamoto	144.1	154.6	121.3	1,579	+2.9
Ōita	148.0	158.5	127.4	1,647	+4.1
Miyazaki	141.5	152.3	124.1	1,627	+3.0
Kagoshima	148.7	158.6	131.7	1,716	+2.7
Okinawa	139.4	149.0	120.5	1,623	+1.6

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 143.8 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (150.1); lowest: Okinawa (139.4); gap 10.7 yen.