Toshiko Hayashi

{{Short description|Japanese politician (1940–2022)}}

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{{Nihongo|Toshiko Hayashi|林 紀子|Hayashi Toshiko|lead=yes|27 February 1940 - 25 January 2022}} was a member of the Japanese Communist Party and former member of the House of Councillors.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/index.htm|title = List of the Members：House of Councillors}} She was educated at Gunma University.{{cite book|last=Sleeman|first=Elizabeth|title=The International Who's Who of Women 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&pg=PA238|year=2001|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-122-3|pages=238}} In 1989, she was elected to the House of Councillors,{{cite book|last=Imamura|first=Anne E.|title=Re-imaging Japanese Women|url=https://archive.org/details/reimagingjapanes00imam|url-access=registration|year=1996|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-20263-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/reimagingjapanes00imam/page/292 292]}} and she took office in 1990.

Hayashi died on 25 January 2022 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[https://www.asahi.com/articles/DA3S15186628.html 林紀子さん死去] {{in lang|ja}}