Toshiko Karasawa

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]

References

  1. ↑ 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 (in Japanese). 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  2. ↑ 柄沢と志子氏死去（元共産党衆院議員） (Japanese)


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