Political party Your Party Parents Etsuko Kawada Name Ryuhei Kawada | Role Activist Party Your Party Spouse Mika Tsutsumi (m. 2008) | |
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Constituency Tokyo (2007–2013)
nationwide proportional (2013–) Born January 12, 1976 (age 48)
Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan ( 1976-01-12 ) Alma mater Tokyo Keizai University Profiles | ||
Education Tokyo Keizai University | ||
Ryuhei Kawada (川田 龍平, Kawada Ryūhei, January 12, 1976) is a Japanese activist, haemophiliac, and member of the House of Councillors (Japan). Ryuhei Kawada became famous for being the Japanese person to come out as HIV positive.
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HIV-tainted blood scandal in Japan
In the late 1980s, between one and two thousand Japanese patients with haemophilia contracted HIV via tainted blood products. Upon discovering he was one of the affected, Ryuhei Kawada joined the lawsuit against Green Cross Corporation that provided the tainted blood products, which eventually led to the guilty pleas from three executives in 1997.
Political career
In the Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007, Kawada won a seat in the House of Councillors. He has expressed a desire to work on issues of health, welfare, and labour. He has also indicated he will form a Green Party of Japan based on the Rainbow and Greens which supported his campaign. He belonged to Your Party in December 2009.