Sayaka Ichii, a former member of all-girl J-pop group Morning Musume, failed to win a proportional representation seat in Sunday's upper house election.It was the 35-year-old mother of four's first bid for a parliamentary seat. Running on the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's ticket, she had campaigned for an adequate supply of nursery teachers and increase in financial assistance to families with small children.She also called for more support for couples undergoing fertility treatment.Ichii joined Morning Musume when she was 14 years old and was part of the group for t…READ FULL ARTICLE
