ガソリン平均１６８円２０銭　７週連続値下がり―経産省

　経済産業省が１日発表したレギュラーガソリンの給油所店頭小売価格の全国平均は、５月３０日時点で１リットル当たり１６８円２０銭だった。前週から６０銭値下がりし、１月１７日以来の安値。７週連続の値下がりで、政府が価格抑制の目標とする１６８円に一段と近づいた。経産省は今月２日以降の補助金支給額を、１リットル当たり３７円３０銭から３６円７０銭に引き下げると決定した。
　地域別のガソリン価格は、４０都道府県で値下がりした。５県で値上がりし、山形、富山両県は横ばい。最高値は長崎の１８１円５０銭。（2022/06/01-17:34）

The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan as of Monday fell 0.6 yen from a week before to 168.2 yen per liter, down for the seventh consecutive week, the industry ministry said Wednesday.
   The pump price fell to its lowest level since January 17, nearing the 168-yen mark targeted as an upper limit by the government.
   On Thursday, the ministry will reduce the amount of subsidies it pays to oil wholesalers to curb fuel prices to 36.7 yen per liter from 37.3 yen.
   In the previous week, the average pump price fell in 40 prefectures, rose in five prefectures and was unchanged in the remaining two prefectures. The highest price was logged in Nagasaki, at 181.5 yen.
   An official of the Oil Information Center said the nationwide average retail price is likely to climb next week, as wholesale prices are expected to rise on a recent European Union agreement to ban imports of Russian crude oil and the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in Shanghai.