Toshitami Kaihara

{{Short description|Japanese politician}}

Toshitami Kaihara (August 24, 1933 - November 13, 2014){{citation needed|date=November 2018}} became a Vice Governor{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/06/22/national/hyogo-no-2-man-to-run-in-gubernatorial-election/|title=Hyogo No. 2 man to run in gubernatorial election|date=2001-06-22|work=The Japan Times Online|access-date=2018-11-01|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763}} in 1970 and Governor of Hyogo Profecture{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyZnX3yxploC&q=1.%09Toshitami+Kaihara&pg=PR19|title=Ecology, Society and the Quality of Social Life|last1=D'Antonio|first1=William Vincent|last2=Sasaki|first2=Masamichi S.|last3=Yonebayashi|first3=Yoshio|date=1994-01-01|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=9781412822091|language=en}} in 1986, a position he held for four terms over 15 years.{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/05/22/national/hyogo-governor-may-resign-to-care-for-wife/|title=Hyogo governor may resign to care for wife|date=2001-05-22|work=The Japan Times Online|access-date=2018-11-01|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763}} Prior to that he was an official at the Ministry of Home Affairs.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CkI-48oVKgAC&q=1.%09Toshitami+Kaihara&pg=PA57|title=Public Service Reform in East Asia: Reform Issues and Challenges in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong|last=Cheung|first=Anthony|date=2005|publisher=Chinese University Press|isbn=9789629962340|language=en}} He held a place in the government for over two decades.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hemri21.jp/awaji-conf/english/project/symposium/2011/profile.html|title=Profile～Symposium2011 :: Ajia Pacific Forum, Awaji Conference Japan|last=アジア太平洋フォーラム・淡路会議|first=Asia Pacific Forum, Awaji Conference Japan (Awaji Conference)|website=www.hemri21.jp|access-date=2018-11-01}} He took an active role in the Hyogo earthquake aftermath, presiding over the Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hemri21.jp/awaji-conf/english/project/forum/2006/keynote01.html|title=Keynote Proposal 1 / Forum 2006 :: Ajia Pacific Forum, Awaji Conference Japan|last=アジア太平洋フォーラム・淡路会議|first=Asia Pacific Forum, Awaji Conference Japan (Awaji Conference)|website=www.hemri21.jp|access-date=2018-11-01}} He was also Director General of the Environment Award.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuesUPcIOq8C&q=Toshitami+Kaihara&pg=PA434|title=Protecting the Ozone Layer: The United Nations History|last1=Andersen|first1=Stephen O.|last2=Sarma|first2=K. Madhava|last3=Sinclair|first3=Lani|date=2012|publisher=Earthscan|isbn=9781849772266|language=en}}