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2021/2022 National fuel subsidy rise

Last updated: 4 June 2024

In an effort to cushion domestic consumers from the effects of the global energy crisis, the Japanese government raised national fuel subsidies for gasoline, light oil, kerosene, heavy oil, and aviation fuel, in November 2021 through a scheme targeting oil refining companies.

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