ガソリン価格、１年ぶり高値　原油高直撃で１５週連続上昇

　資源エネルギー庁が１０日発表したレギュラーガソリン１リットル当たりの店頭価格（８日時点）は、全国平均で前週比１円５０銭高の１４６円１０銭となり、１年ぶりの高値となった。値上がりは１５週連続。新型コロナウイルスの影響で国内のガソリン需要は低調だが、世界的なワクチン普及への期待感から原油価格が上昇したことが響いた形で、車を利用する消費者には厳しい状況が続いている。
　地域別では４５都道府県で値上がりし、上げ幅は富山と徳島の２円６０銭が最大。愛知と滋賀はわずかに値下がりした。
　ガソリン価格は新型コロナの感染が国内で初めて確認された昨年１月に１５０円台を付けたが、同５月には世界的な感染拡大による原油価格の暴落で１２０円台半ばまで下落。ただ、その後はおおむね上昇傾向となっている。（2021/03/10-18:48）

The average price of regular gasoline in Japan as of Monday rose 1.50 yen from a week earlier to a one-year high of 146.10 yen per liter, up for the 15th straight week, according to data released by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy on Wednesday.
   While domestic gasoline demand remains subdued amid the COVID-19 crisis, crude oil prices are climbing on hopes for global rollouts of novel coronavirus vaccines.
   Pump prices are likely to continue rising amid increasing investment in the crude oil market also on the back of expectations for a massive additional U.S. stimulus package, according to the Oil Information Center, which conducts the pump price survey for the Japanese government agency.
   In the week through Monday, pump prices went up in 45 of the country's 47 prefectures, with Toyama and Tokushima recording the sharpest rise of 2.60 yen. Prices were slightly down in Aichi and Shiga.
   The nationwide average price topped 150 yen in January last year, when the country's first novel coronavirus case was confirmed.