Eisaku Satō
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Eisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, known for his leadership during Japan’s postwar economic growth and his role in the return of Okinawa.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eisaku Satō canonical | 11 |
| Eisaku Sato | 2 |
| 佐藤栄作 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T51733 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eisaku Satō Context triple: [Liberal Democratic Party, notableLeader, Eisaku Satō]
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A.
Yoshihide Suga
Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021, succeeding Shinzo Abe and leading the country through the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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B.
Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party who serves as the Prime Minister of Japan.
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C.
Emperor Hirohito
Emperor Hirohito was the Shōwa-era emperor of Japan who reigned during World War II and oversaw the country’s militarist expansion, defeat, and subsequent postwar reconstruction.
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D.
Yuko Kishida
Yuko Kishida is the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and serves as Japan’s First Lady, engaging in various diplomatic and public activities.
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E.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese admiral who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor and led the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early years of World War II in the Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eisaku Satō Target entity description: Eisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, known for his leadership during Japan’s postwar economic growth and his role in the return of Okinawa.
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A.
Yoshihide Suga
Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021, succeeding Shinzo Abe and leading the country through the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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B.
Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party who serves as the Prime Minister of Japan.
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C.
Emperor Hirohito
Emperor Hirohito was the Shōwa-era emperor of Japan who reigned during World War II and oversaw the country’s militarist expansion, defeat, and subsequent postwar reconstruction.
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D.
Yuko Kishida
Yuko Kishida is the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and serves as Japan’s First Lady, engaging in various diplomatic and public activities.
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E.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese admiral who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor and led the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early years of World War II in the Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate ⓘ human ⓘ prime minister of Japan ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Peace Prize
ⓘ
Order of Culture ⓘ Order of the Chrysanthemum ⓘ |
| brother | Nobusuke Kishi ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | liver failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1901-03-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1975-06-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Tokyo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo Imperial University
|
| era | postwar Japan ⓘ |
| familyName | Satō ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| formulatedPolicy | Three Non-Nuclear Principles of Japan ⓘ |
| givenName | Eisaku ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership during Japan’s postwar economic growth
ⓘ
role in the reversion of Okinawa to Japan ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Liberal Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|
| monarchDuringTerm |
Emperor Hirohito
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Shōwa
|
| name | Eisaku Satō self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Eisaku Satō
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
佐藤栄作
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| NobelPeacePrizeYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
oversaw Japan’s high economic growth in the 1960s
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promoted Japan’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles ⓘ |
| notableWork | negotiation of the return of Okinawa to Japan ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tabuse, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
|
| positionHeld |
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Hayato Ikeda ⓘ |
| primeMinisterEnd | 1972-07-07 ⓘ |
| primeMinisterStart | 1964-11-09 ⓘ |
| reasonForAward | efforts to promote nuclear disarmament and peace in Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPeacePrizeWith | Seán MacBride ⓘ |
| spouse | Hiroko Satō ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eisaku Satō Description of subject: Eisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, known for his leadership during Japan’s postwar economic growth and his role in the return of Okinawa.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
佐藤栄作
this entity surface form:
Eisaku Sato
this entity surface form:
Eisaku Sato