ガソリン補助金、上限２５円　燃料高対策で大幅引き上げ―政府

　政府は２日、ガソリンなどの価格高騰を抑制する石油元売り会社への補助金について、上限を現在の１リットル当たり５円から５倍の２５円に引き上げることを明らかにした。補助金はすでに現行上限の５円に到達していることから、１０日から引き上げる。４月以降の延長も検討する。各業界向けの支援策と併せて週内に発表する。
　今年度予算の一般予備費４５００億円のうち、３５００億円程度を投入。財源を大幅に積み増し、さらなる原油価格の高騰に備える。（2022/03/02-21:46）

The Japanese government is planning to raise the limit of its subsidies paid to oil wholesalers to curb gasoline prices to 25 yen per liter from the current 5 yen, effective March 10, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
   The government is also considering keeping the subsidies in place beyond March, the sources said.
   They said that the government will finance the subsidy program by tapping about 350 billion yen out of its 450-billion-yen budget reserves set aside for fiscal 2021, which ends this month.
   The average price of regular gasoline in Japan stood at a 13-year high of 172.8 yen per liter as of Monday, according to the industry ministry. The government will aim to keep gasoline prices to around 172 yen by raising the subsidy cap.
   The government had been considering raising the upper limit in stages, to 10 yen this month. But it now plans to raise the limit drastically amid concerns that gasoline prices will climb further due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.