Prime Minister Kishida explained at a press conference on the night of the 26th that he had decided on emergency measures in light of rising prices.
In order to continue measures against soaring crude oil prices, he emphasized the idea of enacting a supplementary budget in the current Diet and taking all possible measures to protect the lives of the people in the event of any situation.
In this, Prime Minister Kishida said, "It must be prevented that soaring crude oil prices and prices hinder the recovery of socio-economic activities from the Corona disaster. The situation in Ukraine and the accompanying crude oil and raw materials, We will not allow any prejudice to the soaring prices of grains, and we will take the initiative in dealing with them. "
After mentioning that he had decided on emergency measures based on the rise in prices, he said, "During this month, the Cabinet decided to use the general reserve fund and the corona reserve fund, and promptly put them into practice. We will deliver support measures for. "
As an emergency measure, as a response to the soaring crude oil price, the standard for price restraint, which is about 172 yen per liter of gasoline, has been lowered to 168 yen, subsidies to oil wholesalers have been expanded, and low-income earners have been raised. He explained that he would provide a push-type benefit of 50,000 yen per child to households raising children.
In addition, he has announced a policy of boldly expanding the temporary grant for regional revitalization and establishing a new frame of 1 trillion yen to support local efforts to be carried out according to the actual conditions of the region.
In addition, by June, Prime Minister Kishida will put together his own vision and action plan for "new capitalism," and his "bone-buoying policy," and will implement measures for realization after the summer Upper House election. I showed the idea to materialize.
And, "The current Diet has a supplementary budget plan that includes securing 5 trillion yen of" reserve funds for new coronavirus infections and measures against crude oil prices and rising prices "and mitigating drastic changes in fuel oil prices after June. We will make every effort to protect the lives of the people in the event of any situation. "
To prevent re-spread of infection To carry out free inspections at major stations and airports
In addition, Prime Minister Kishida emphasized the need to gradually restore socio-economic activities while preventing the re-spread of infection, and announced a policy to carry out free inspections at major stations and airports nationwide. bottom.
Among them, Prime Minister Kishida said, "It will be a long holiday without" priority measures such as spread prevention "and" state of emergency "for the first time in three years, but be careful. I would like to ask the people for their cooperation so that they can recover their economic activities. "
After that, we urged the people to take advantage of the opportunity of consecutive holidays for active vaccination, and to thoroughly implement basic infection control measures such as wearing and disinfecting masks, ventilation, and avoiding three-cs.
In addition, he said, "People returning home should be vaccinated and tested for the third time before that," and clarified the policy of conducting free tests at major stations and airports nationwide during the Golden Week holidays. I made it.
"We will continue to gradually restore socio-economic activities while maintaining the utmost caution as a'transition period'to peacetime. We ask for the understanding and cooperation of the people."