Toshiko Karasawa Explained

Toshiko Karasawa
Native Name:柄沢 とし子
からさわ としこ
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:7 May 1911
Birth Place:Sapporo, Hokkaido, Empire of Japan
Death Place:Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Alma Mater:Hokkaido Prefectural Sapporo Girls' High School
Party:Japanese Communist Party
Office:Member of the House of Representatives for Hokkaido's 1st "large" district, then 3rd district
Office2:Member of the House of Representatives for Hokkaido's 4th district

Toshiko Karasawa (Japanese: 柄沢とし子; 7 May 1911 – 2 December 2013) was a Japanese politician for the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) and labor activist. Born in Sapporo on the island Hokkaido, Karasawa graduated from Sapporo Kita High School in 1929, and served two terms as a representative for her party for the House of Representatives, in 1946 and 1949, before retiring soon after. Karasawa died of natural causes on 2 December 2013, aged 102, at a health care facility in Toyama, Toyama.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: ja:柄沢と志子さん死去 元共産党衆院議員 旧北海道1区. Asahi Shimbun. Japanese. 2013-12-03. http://www.asahi.com/articles/TKY201312030288.html. 2013-12-11.
  2. http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2013120300444 柄沢と志子氏死去(元共産党衆院議員)
  3. Web site: How a Young Communist Won and Lost Power in Postwar Japan . jacobin.com . en-US.