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Fuel prices: survey of 16 Mar 2015

Regular gasoline140.3 yen/Lw/w +0.4

Premium gasoline151.2 yen/Lw/w +0.4

Diesel119.8 yen/Lw/w +0.3

Kerosene (store, 18 L)1,523 yen/18 Lw/w +4

vs. a year earlier (national)

Fuel	17 Mar 2014	16 Mar 2015	Change
Regular gasoline	158.7	140.3	-18.4
Premium gasoline	169.5	151.2	-18.3
Diesel	138.9	119.8	-19.1
Kerosene (store, 18 L)	1,863	1,523	-340
Kerosene (delivered, 18 L)	1,992	1,670	-322

Highest regular gasoline, top 10

Kagoshima148.7

Nagasaki147.2

Kōchi146.9

Nagano143.7

Saga143.5

Kagawa143.5

Shimane143.4

Ōita143.3

Gifu143.0

Tokyo142.2

Lowest regular gasoline, top 10

Okayama135.2

Saitama135.6

Chiba135.8

Osaka137.2

Kanagawa137.4

Akita137.5

Aomori138.4

Tokushima138.6

Hyōgo138.7

Yamaguchi138.8

All 47 prefectures

Prefecture	Regular gasoline	Premium gasoline	Diesel	Kerosene (store, 18 L)	w/w
Hokkaido	140.6	151.4	121.7	1,426	±0
Aomori	138.4	149.5	118.0	1,396	+0.3
Iwate	140.7	151.5	118.4	1,398	+0.6
Miyagi	139.6	150.4	117.9	1,401	+0.1
Akita	137.5	148.8	121.5	1,383	+0.2
Yamagata	141.2	152.5	126.2	1,423	+0.2
Fukushima	140.0	151.1	120.0	1,453	+0.4
Ibaraki	140.0	151.0	116.1	1,461	+1.1
Tochigi	140.2	151.2	118.0	1,506	+0.1
Gunma	139.7	150.9	117.3	1,513	+0.3
Saitama	135.6	146.5	113.5	1,469	-0.1
Chiba	135.8	146.4	112.9	1,507	+0.5
Tokyo	142.2	152.9	122.3	1,687	+0.1
Kanagawa	137.4	148.4	115.7	1,552	-0.3
Niigata	140.8	151.8	122.6	1,557	-0.1
Toyama	141.5	152.7	122.0	1,553	+0.1
Ishikawa	139.2	150.0	116.1	1,416	±0
Fukui	141.2	152.7	126.8	1,598	+0.6
Yamanashi	140.2	151.6	116.2	1,485	+0.2
Nagano	143.7	154.9	122.6	1,488	±0
Gifu	143.0	154.2	121.4	1,469	+0.9
Shizuoka	141.9	153.0	121.5	1,599	+0.3
Aichi	138.9	149.9	118.8	1,581	+0.9
Mie	138.9	150.1	119.4	1,500	+0.1
Shiga	139.9	150.3	114.7	1,535	+0.3
Kyoto	141.9	152.9	122.6	1,642	+0.2
Osaka	137.2	148.2	117.0	1,535	+0.6
Hyōgo	138.7	149.6	119.1	1,528	+0.3
Nara	141.1	152.0	120.3	1,493	+0.8
Wakayama	140.1	150.6	118.3	1,554	+0.1
Tottori	139.0	150.0	122.7	1,558	+0.3
Shimane	143.4	153.8	126.4	1,587	+1.4
Okayama	135.2	145.9	115.2	1,454	+0.2
Hiroshima	139.4	151.0	121.5	1,563	+0.4
Yamaguchi	138.8	149.8	123.1	1,568	+0.8
Tokushima	138.6	149.8	115.2	1,498	+0.2
Kagawa	143.5	154.3	122.1	1,453	±0
Ehime	141.2	152.0	121.8	1,531	+0.2
Kōchi	146.9	157.0	122.1	1,554	+3.0
Fukuoka	140.0	151.3	116.3	1,527	+0.9
Saga	143.5	154.7	124.2	1,613	+0.5
Nagasaki	147.2	157.6	128.1	1,656	+0.9
Kumamoto	140.6	151.3	116.7	1,522	+0.7
Ōita	143.3	154.0	123.1	1,551	+0.9
Miyazaki	139.1	149.8	118.8	1,541	+0.4
Kagoshima	148.7	158.2	127.9	1,677	+0.3
Okinawa	138.9	148.7	118.2	1,646	+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 140.3 yen/L nationwide. Highest: Kagoshima (148.7); lowest: Okayama (135.2); gap 13.5 yen.