To cushion the impact of soaring oil prices due to the war in Ukraine, the central government said Friday that it will beef up countermeasures including bolstering a subsidy program for oil wholesalers.
The surge in crude prices is expected to drive inflation in Japan higher, which is increasingly becoming a headache for an economy that has already been battered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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