{"id":170262,"date":"2025-04-08T11:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T02:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170262&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-04-08T11:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T02:02:26","slug":"fukuoka-lower-house-members-average-63million-in-assets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-lower-house-members-average-63million-in-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Lower House Members Average \u00a563 Million In Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assets of Diet members elected in the October <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> general election were disclosed on April 7 under Japan\u2019s Public Disclosure Law for Diet Members. For Fukuoka\u2019s 11 single-seat constituency representatives, average reported assets amounted to \u00a563.48 million. LDP heavyweight Taro Aso (Fukuoka 8th district) declared the highest assets nationwide at over \u00a5601 million. Other notable figures include LDP\u2019s Toshiyuki Fujimaru (\u00a529.5 million) and Wataru Kurihara (\u00a515 million). Meanwhile, LDP\u2019s Atsushi Koga (Fukuoka 3rd district) reported zero assets, and Jiro Hatoyama (Fukuoka 6th) declared modest figures despite holding a substantial number of shares in a family-founded tire company. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250407\/5010027705.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144898\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_prefecture-fukuoka-assembly_2021-WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Lower House Members Average \u00a563 Million In Assets\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_prefecture-fukuoka-assembly_2021-WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_prefecture-fukuoka-assembly_2021-WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_prefecture-fukuoka-assembly_2021-WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_prefecture-fukuoka-assembly_2021-WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assets of Diet members elected in the October 2024 general election were disclosed on April 7 under&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":146971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170262","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}