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Fuel prices: survey of 10 Dec 2012

Regular gasoline147.2 yen/Lw/w +0.4

Premium gasoline158.1 yen/Lw/w +0.5

Diesel127.0 yen/Lw/w +0.4

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,660 yen/18 Lw/w +13

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	12 Dec 2011	10 Dec 2012	Change
Regular gasoline	143.6	147.2	+3.6
Premium gasoline	154.4	158.1	+3.7
Diesel	124.3	127.0	+2.7
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,605	1,660	+55
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,727	1,785	+58

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Nagasaki154.8

Kagoshima151.9

Saga151.3

Ōita151.0

Nagano150.9

Shimane150.4

Wakayama149.5

Gifu149.4

Kōchi149.3

Shizuoka149.2

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Chiba142.7

Saitama143.4

Ibaraki144.1

Okinawa144.3

Osaka144.4

Akita145.4

Miyagi145.5

Okayama145.5

Kagawa145.6

Tochigi145.7

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	147.1	157.7	130.9	1,669	+0.9
Aomori	146.1	157.0	126.4	1,595	+0.4
Iwate	146.6	157.6	126.2	1,585	+0.2
Miyagi	145.5	155.8	124.8	1,571	+0.4
Akita	145.4	156.3	126.1	1,617	+1.4
Yamagata	148.1	159.2	129.2	1,591	+0.3
Fukushima	147.0	158.0	126.7	1,638	+0.2
Ibaraki	144.1	155.0	121.4	1,601	+0.1
Tochigi	145.7	156.5	125.3	1,655	+0.3
Gunma	146.1	157.2	124.9	1,643	+0.8
Saitama	143.4	154.4	122.6	1,615	+0.1
Chiba	142.7	153.4	120.5	1,640	+0.4
Tokyo	148.9	160.0	129.1	1,766	±0
Kanagawa	145.7	156.6	124.6	1,672	-0.3
Niigata	146.8	157.7	126.8	1,657	+0.5
Toyama	147.9	159.0	129.4	1,672	+0.3
Ishikawa	147.1	158.0	126.4	1,610	+1.3
Fukui	148.9	160.6	131.9	1,650	+0.3
Yamanashi	148.8	160.1	126.8	1,638	+1.1
Nagano	150.9	162.1	131.1	1,630	+0.1
Gifu	149.4	160.7	128.7	1,649	+0.3
Shizuoka	149.2	160.4	128.8	1,717	±0
Aichi	146.5	157.4	126.6	1,667	±0
Mie	147.8	158.9	128.6	1,670	+0.3
Shiga	148.0	158.6	122.1	1,648	+0.7
Kyoto	148.6	159.3	128.0	1,705	+0.6
Osaka	144.4	154.9	125.1	1,634	+0.2
Hyōgo	146.2	157.0	126.9	1,646	+0.4
Nara	147.9	159.0	127.3	1,641	+0.2
Wakayama	149.5	160.2	127.3	1,678	+0.2
Tottori	148.0	159.1	130.2	1,679	+0.7
Shimane	150.4	160.8	132.1	1,713	+0.2
Okayama	145.5	156.1	125.3	1,624	+0.7
Hiroshima	146.2	156.9	127.7	1,667	+1.0
Yamaguchi	147.3	158.4	128.3	1,669	+0.2
Tokushima	146.7	157.8	124.2	1,698	+1.1
Kagawa	145.6	156.5	124.2	1,597	-0.9
Ehime	147.2	158.1	127.3	1,647	+0.5
Kōchi	149.3	159.3	125.3	1,773	±0
Fukuoka	149.1	160.2	126.3	1,644	+1.6
Saga	151.3	162.2	130.6	1,739	+1.4
Nagasaki	154.8	165.0	138.2	1,727	+0.7
Kumamoto	147.4	158.1	124.1	1,647	+0.1
Ōita	151.0	161.7	129.1	1,685	+0.2
Miyazaki	147.2	157.9	127.2	1,684	+0.4
Kagoshima	151.9	161.9	132.9	1,755	+0.4
Okinawa	144.3	154.1	125.8	1,778	+4.1

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 147.2 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Nagasaki (154.8); lowest: Chiba (142.7); gap 12.1 yen.