Kawai Yoshitora, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese politician and activist
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Place of Birth: Japan
About Kawai Yoshitora
- Yoshitora Kawai (1902 – 1923) was an active Japanese socialist and communist involved with many Tokyo-based political groups. He attended Honzan hospital's nurse training school, but moved to Tokyo's Kameido district in September 1920 after being exposed to socialism from a professor, Oka Sensei.
- He was a member of Gyominkai (Enlightened People's Society), a communist study group, and joined the Nankatsu Labor Union alongside Tanno Setsu.
- In March 1923, Kawai created the Tokyo Communist Youth League, the first instance of a group openly labeling themselves as Communists.
- During the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake, Kawai was reported as having rescued three children who had been trapped under a collapsed house.
- Amidst the chaos of the earthquake's aftermath, he was captured on September 2, 1923, and a few days later, was killed by police in prison during the Kameido Incident.
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