A year after $3-a-gallon gas, costs still soaring in Japan and Okinawa

A year after $3-a-gallon gas, costs still soaring in Japan and Okinawa
By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, May 17, 2008

A year ago this weekend, gasoline cruised to a new record of $3 a gallon for midgrade fuel at U.S. military bases in Japan and Okinawa.

At the time, some Americans living in those regions described pump prices as "crazy" and "outrageous."

Three bucks for a milk jug’s worth of gas is fast becoming a bargain as the $4 mark looms closer for the lowest octane available.

On Saturday, midgrade gas in Japan and Okinawa will climb another 10.5 cents to $3.635 a gallon, yet another record. Midgrade is the only grade of unleaded fuel sold at U.S. bases in Japan and Okinawa.

In South Korea and Guam, regular unleaded jumps about 11 cents, to $3.787 and $3.829, respectively.


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