Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Akiyo Asaki (朝木明代, 1944–1995) was a Tokyo councilwoman who died under mysterious circumstances.Akiyo had become notable in Tokyo for making comments critical of Soka Gakkai.In July 1995, she was accused of stealing a T-shirt from a clothing store. Asaki was never actually convicted of shoplifting, but Soka Gakkai claims that she was guilty, explaining, \"In recent years, shoplifting by housewives has become a social issue.\" She offered a restaurant receipt as an alibi, but police discovered that it was forged. Several newsweeklies reported that the clothing store proprietor was a member of Soka Gakkai who could have invented the shoplifting charge, and were all sued for defamation. Two months later, Akiyo fell to her death from a sixth-story apartment building next to Higashi-Murayama Station. Police ruled the death a suicide. She was 51."@en }
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- Akiyo_Asaki abstract "Akiyo Asaki (朝木明代, 1944–1995) was a Tokyo councilwoman who died under mysterious circumstances.Akiyo had become notable in Tokyo for making comments critical of Soka Gakkai.In July 1995, she was accused of stealing a T-shirt from a clothing store. Asaki was never actually convicted of shoplifting, but Soka Gakkai claims that she was guilty, explaining, \"In recent years, shoplifting by housewives has become a social issue.\" She offered a restaurant receipt as an alibi, but police discovered that it was forged. Several newsweeklies reported that the clothing store proprietor was a member of Soka Gakkai who could have invented the shoplifting charge, and were all sued for defamation. Two months later, Akiyo fell to her death from a sixth-story apartment building next to Higashi-Murayama Station. Police ruled the death a suicide. She was 51.".