4 Comments

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  capone at 06:30 PM JST - 3rd May

  its not a spike, its just market forces pricing things correctly...get used to it

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  realist at 02:37 AM JST - 4th May

  Pricing things correctly? Most of what we pay is in tax! I for one refuse to "get used" to evil globalism, profiteering by evil and greedy gas companies, aided and abetted by evil governments who dont give a toss about the knock-on effects of the increase in fuel costs. The world is heading for disaster if this continues.

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  borscht at 03:07 PM JST - 4th May

  capone,

  realist is right about the price. It isn't market forces, it's government forces, specifially, Fukuda who reinstated the 25 yen tax - that's 30 yen to you and me. Later this summer, say, a day before Obon, then the market forces will jack the price up another 10 to 15 yen.

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  presidentbaka at 01:15 PM JST - 5th May

  I had to laugh at this 'average price' crap! I haven't seen a single gas station advertising lower than 158yen, and high octane is 168yen on average, with 170yen being the most expensive I saw at a Shell station.

  Interesting to note that gasoline manufacturer's/suppliers, netted over 9 billion dollars in profits in the January to March period of this year.

  It's the great gasoline rip-off!

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