At some gas stations on the outskirts of Tokyo, today a liter of regular gasoline is sold for 159 yen, about 90 euro cents. The price varies depending on the establishment, but subsidies from the Japanese government help to contain it in a time of rising oil prices. Since March, Sanae Takaichi's executive has been applying aid to operators in the sector with the goal of keeping the national average price around 170 yen per liter, the lowest price of all G-7 countries.