The personal and family assets of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and his Cabinet at the time of the Cabinet's formation July 4 averaged 258 million yen, according to government data released on Friday.
The average assets of Mori and 17 Cabinet members was 29 million yen more than that of Mori's first Cabinet, formed April 5 after he took over from Keizo Obuchi, who suffered a stroke, lapsed into a coma and subsequently died May 14.
The Cabinet has 19 ministers, but the assets of Hideyuki Aizawa, who replaced Kimitaka Kuze on Sunday as chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission, were not included in the list and will be announced separately.
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