Just about 4 years ago we saw fuel prices in Japan rise. It was an unnecessary rise but not caused by anything in Japan. It was caused by political leadership that came into office in the United States that had no clue of basic economics.
Rising fuel prices led to rising food prices (it costs more to get it to your table now) as well as overall transportation. What caused it? The new leadership (2020) in Washington DC decided that gas and oil companies in America were ‘evil’ and that they were going to do everything they could to make business life difficult for the American companies that currently fuel our lives. Therefore American oil production dropped and global supplies went down raising the costs of doing business even for us in Japan.
People are sometimes apathetic about voting. However this is a perfect example of how important it is to get competent people into political office.