Japanese Lower House Members’ Assets Average 32.78 M. Yen

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)–Assets held by the 465 members of Japan’s House of Representatives who won seats in the lower chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, in February’s general election averaged 32.78 million yen, a Jiji Press tally showed Tuesday. The figure rose by 6.09 million yen from the previous average disclosed in April 2025. The top asset holder was Ichiro Aisawa of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, with 790.44 million yen. Real estate accounted for 702.44 million yen of his assets and financial assets stood at 88 million yen. He also reported some 2.77 million shares in two stocks. LDP’s Hirohisa Takagi ranked second with 789.09 million yen, and former Prime Minister Taro Aso of the LDP, who topped the previous list, came in third with 601.53 million yen. In the latest list, 27 Lower House members had assets worth over 100 million yen, while 83 reported zero assets. The average value of real estate owned by Lower House members came to 22.38 million yen and that of financial assets stood at 10.4 million yen. The average assets held by male Lower House members stood at 36.09 million yen, while the average for female members came to 13.48 million yen. The LDP logged the highest average with 40.54 million yen, followed by the opposition Democratic Party for the People with 23.78 million yen. The average assets stood at 16.01 million yen for the Japan Innovation Party, the LDP’s coalition partner, 15.96 million yen for the Centrist Reform Alliance, 14.45 million yen for Sanseito, 8.31 million yen for Team Mirai and 7.61 million yen for the Japan Communist Party. The assets held by the only Lower House member from Reiwa Shinsengumi came to 7.01 million yen. The latest report is based on assets held by Lower House members as of Feb. 8 this year, when their terms began. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]