Gasoline pricing in Japan

Today I was reading an online article (Bloomberg) about the most expensive markets for automotive gasoline in the world. Japan is #35 on the list.

From the article...

Price per gallon of gasoline: $5.79 Rank by most expensive gas: 35 Rank by pain at the pump: 42

Japan's long-standing national gasoline tax helped the country's carmakers take an early lead in developing fuel-efficient vehicles. Still, the Japanese consume about a third more gas per capita than the ranking’s average.

The country is home to half of the world’s fast-charging stations for electric cars, and there’s a push to expand that lead. Last year Nissan, Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi agreed to share costs for 12,000 new charging stations.

Average daily income is $103. It takes 5.6 percent of a day’s wages to buy a gallon of gas.