Among the 19 members of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet, Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka, thanks to his wife's fortune, ranks tops in terms of family assets, with ¥303.31 million, documents showed Friday.
Four new Cabinet members - Tanaka; Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada; Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa; and Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Hirofumi Hirano - unveiled their family assets.
According to the newly disclosed documents of Tanaka, he has ¥100.91 million, while his wife, Makiko, a former foreign minister and daughter of the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, has ¥202.40 million. The defense chief took the Tanaka family name when he married. (Japan Times)
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