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In response to the situation in the Middle East, the LDP handed over proposals to Prime Minister Takaichi to mitigate the upheaval in gasoline prices. We should move to a sustainable system by phasing in gasoline prices as a benchmark, keeping in mind the reduction in subsidies…
Japanese public opinion
Reactions in the comment sections of related Japanese TV news videos on YouTube.
Positive / Negative toward: the phased reduction of gasoline subsidies by raising the reference price
Positive points
Subsidy should end; help should be targeted to those who need it.
Prices rising is natural; the subsidy should stop now.
Higher gas prices would discourage unnecessary driving.
Negative points
Raising gas prices in winter will hurt households and transport costs.
Wages aren't rising, so higher fuel prices squeeze people further.
Cutting subsidies without a real plan looks like a stopgap.
This is not a random-sample survey. It covers only comments posted on these YouTube videos, which were classified and summarized by AI. The speech bubbles are AI-written paraphrases of common points, not quotes from actual comments.