House of Representatives lawmakers declared an average of 73.22 million yen in personal assets as of June, down from 87.05 million yen in their last asset reports in March 1997, according to calculations by Kyodo News.
Kyodo made the calculations based on personal wealth reports by individual Lower House members that were available to the media before they were made public Monday.
Takashi Sasagawa, a Liberal Democratic Party member elected from Gunma Prefecture, topped the list with personal assets of about 2.71 billion yen, with 2 billion yen in bank deposits and postal savings, the reports say.