The retail price of regular gasoline this week was 171.2 yen per liter on a national average, an increase of 1.4 yen from last week.
It will be the 170 yen level for the first time in four weeks, and the strict restrictions on going out due to the spread of the new corona infection in Shanghai, China will be lifted, and the view that demand will increase, the international crude oil price has risen, etc. This is the main factor.
Although the subsidy introduced as an emergency measure by the government has suppressed the rise in gasoline prices, the price is still high due to concerns about energy supply due to the prolonged invasion of Ukraine by Russia.