*anese politician and labor activist

Toshiko Karasawa (*anese: 柄沢とし子; 7 May 1911 – 2 December 2013) was a *anese politician for the *anese 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.

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