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About Asaki Akiyo
- Asaki Akiyo (????, Akiyo Asaki, 1944–1995) was a Tokyo councilwoman who died under circumstances initially thought to have been mysterious. 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.
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