For weeks, Hikaru Fujita, a candidate in 91AV原创 parliamentary elections on Sunday, wrestled with a secret. She was pregnant with her first child — a joyous milestone for her and her husband.
But Fujita, 35, a Harvard-educated former diplomat, worried that publicizing her pregnancy could hurt her campaign. In late January, she set aside her fears, announcing on social media that she had been “blessed with new life.”
“I wanted to show that even pregnant women could run,” Fujita, from Nagano prefecture, said in an interview. “I wanted to send a message to the younger generation.”
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