Shunichi Kito, President of Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., was newly appointed as chairman of the Petroleum Association of Japan, which is made up of oil wholesalers. I showed the idea that it should be reduced in stages.

Regarding the Petroleum Association of Japan, Tsutomu Sugimori, the former chairman of ENEOS Holdings, resigned in August, and the company revealed that the reason for his resignation was sexual harassment against a woman more than a month later. Did.



Shunichi Kito, president of Idemitsu Kosan, was newly appointed chairman of the Petroleum Association of Japan, and held a press conference in Tokyo on the 29th.



In this, the new chairman Kito said, "In the midst of unprecedented changes in the environment surrounding energy, we will accelerate our efforts to realize a decarbonized society while fulfilling our responsibility to provide a stable supply of energy. I want to go,' he said.



On top of that, regarding the subsidies that the government provides to oil wholesalers to reduce the burden of gasoline prices, he said, ``The ideal form is to reduce the subsidies while crude oil prices are falling, but all at once. If we lose this, the burden on consumers will increase," he said, suggesting that it should be reduced in stages, taking into account the impact of the weaker yen and other factors.



On the other hand, he said that he was not in a position to mention the resignation of former chairman Sugimori, but said, ``I am sorry for the resignation of the top of the industry's largest company, and I honestly feel that I was very shocked.'' .