資産平均１８６１万円　０１年以降で最少―昨夏当選参院議員

　昨年７月の参院選で当選した議員１２４人の資産等報告書が６日午前、国会議員資産公開法に基づき公開された。時事通信の集計によると、平均は１８６１万円で、３年前の前回と比べ３７．８％減少。商法改正で株式を額面で換算できなくなった２００１年１０月以降、最少となった。多額の資産を有する実業家出身者の引退や落選が平均を押し下げた。１億円超は２人にとどまった。
　資産総額トップは自民党の古川俊治氏で２億９６０１万円。普通預金から計２億４６００万円を金銭信託や社債に充てたため資産が膨らみ、６年前の１０倍超となった。２位は、山口県下関市に不動産を数多く持つ同党の林芳正氏で１億１７００万円。３位は同党の山東昭子氏で８８１５万円だった。（2020/01/06-18:39）

Assets held by 124 lawmakers of Japan's House of Councillors who won seats in the upper parliamentary chamber in the July 2019 election averaged 18.61 million yen, according to data released on Monday.
   The figure was down 37.8 pct from the average for those who won seats in the previous 2016 election for the Upper House, reflecting a fall in the number of rich businessmen-turned-lawmakers.
   The latest average was the lowest since comparable data became available in October 2001. Only two lawmakers reported assets of over 100 million yen.
   Among the 124 lawmakers, Toshiharu Furukawa had the largest assets, worth 296.01 million yen. Yoshimasa Hayashi ranked second, with assets worth 117 million yen, followed by Akiko Santo, with 88.15 million yen. All three are members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   By political party, members of the LDP held the largest average assets, at 28.13 million yen. Opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) came second, with 22.75 million yen, followed by the Democratic Party for the People, an opposition party, with 11.27 million yen. The lowest average was 6.88 million yen for the Japanese Communist Party, also an opposition party.