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Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki, 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as the 77th prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. Kaifu was the last surviving former Prime Minister of Japan who had served in the 1980s.
Kaifu Toshiki (born January 2, 1931, Ichinomiya, Japan—died January 9, 2022, Tokyo) was a Japanese politician and government official who served as prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. The son of a photography studio owner, Kaifu graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, in 1954.
Jan 14, 2022 · Toshiki Kaifu, who was Japan's prime minister for about two years from 1989, died earlier this month, the government said Friday. He was 91. Kaifu, best known for sending the...
Jan 14, 2022 · Toshiki Kaifu, Japan's prime minister for about two years from 1989, died earlier this month, the government said Friday. He was 91. Kaifu, best known for sending the Maritime Self-Defense Force to the Persian Gulf in 1991 in the SDF's first war-related overseas mission, died Sunday of natural causes, the House of Representatives said.
Feb 7, 2022 · Toshiki Kaifu was born as a son of the owner of a photographic studio in Ichinomiya of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture on 2 January 1931. As a teenager, Kaifu desired to contribute to the military, but the Asia Pacific War ended before he joined the troops.
Jan 14, 2022 · Toshiki Kaifu, who became prime minister after money and other political scandals rocked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has died at age 91.
Jan 14, 2022 · TOKYO -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu died earlier this month at the age of 91, Nikkei learned on Friday. Kaifu ascended to the premiership in August 1989 and served...
Jan 24, 2022 · Kaifu Toshiki was Japan's prime minister from 1989 to 1991, a critical time in U.S.-Japan relations as the world was transitioning from the Cold War to the fog that lay beyond. His administration, which became consumed by the Gulf War, carries more importance for the current state of the U.S.-Japan alliance than it is often given credit.
Toshiki Kaifu (海部 俊樹, Kaifu Toshiki, 2 January 1931 – 9 January 2022) was a Japanese politician. He was the 76th and 77th Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. [1] Kaifu died on 9 January 2022, a week after his 91st birthday at a Tokyo hospital from pneumonia.
Jan 14, 2022 · Former Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu Toshiki dies of pneumonia on January 9 at age 91.
