Independent Kawada wins lower house by-election in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Etsuko Kawada, whose hemophiliac son's legal battle over contracting HIV through tainted blood products symbolized a challenge to the Japanese establishment, speaks to supports Oct. 22 after winning a House of Representatives by-election in Tokyo's No. 21 single-seat constituency. Kawada, a 51-year-old independent and longtime supporter of people with HIV, stood atop a beer crate in front of JR Tachikawa Station and said, ''We can create a new politics.''

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