Assets held by the 465 members of the House of Representatives who won seats in the lower chamber of the parliament in February¡¯s general election averaged ?32.78 million ($201,700), a Jiji Press tally showed Tuesday.
The figure rose by ?6.09 million 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. Real estate accounted for ?702.44 million of his assets, and financial assets stood at ?88 million. He also reported some 2.77 million shares in two stocks.
The LDP¡¯s Hirohisa Takagi ranked second with ?789.09 million, and former Prime Minister Taro Aso of the LDP, who topped the previous list, came in third with ?601.53 million.
In the latest list, 27 Lower House members had assets worth over ?100 million, while 83 reported zero assets.
The average value of real estate owned by Lower House members came to ?22.38 million and that of financial assets stood at ?10.4 million.
The average assets held by male Lower House members stood at ?36.09 million, while the average for female members came to ?13.48 million.
The LDP logged the highest average with ?40.54 million, followed by the opposition Democratic Party for the People with ?23.78 million. The average assets stood at ?16.01 million for the Japan Innovation Party, the LDP¡¯s coalition partner, ?15.96 million for the Centrist Reform Alliance, ?14.45 million for Sanseito, ?8.31 million for Team Mirai and ?7.61 million for the Japanese Communist Party.
The assets held by the only Lower House member from Reiwa Shinsengumi came to ?7.01 million.
The latest report is based on assets held by Lower House members as of Feb. 8 this year, when their terms began.
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