Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

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academic division constituent faculty of the University of Tokyo law faculty

The Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo is one of Japan’s most prestigious law schools, renowned for educating many of the country’s leading legal professionals, politicians, and public officials.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo canonical	4
University of Tokyo Faculty of Law	2
Tokyo Imperial University Faculty of Law	1
UTokyo Law	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1603873 — 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: Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
Context triple: [Graduate School of Law and Politics, affiliatedWith, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo]

A. Hosei University
Hosei University is a major private university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its law, business, and social sciences programs and its role in educating many prominent political and business leaders.
B. Waseda University
Waseda University is a prestigious private research university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its strong programs in the humanities, social sciences, and political studies and for producing many prominent political and business leaders.
C. Osaka University of Economics and Law
Osaka University of Economics and Law is a Japanese private university specializing in economics and law, located in Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture.
D. Keio University
Keio University is a prestigious private research university in Tokyo, Japan, known as the country’s oldest modern institution of higher education and a leading center for academics and innovation.
E. Doshisha University
Doshisha University is a prestigious private university in Kyoto, Japan, known for its strong liberal arts education and historical Christian roots.
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: Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
Target entity description: The Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo is one of Japan’s most prestigious law schools, renowned for educating many of the country’s leading legal professionals, politicians, and public officials.

A. Hosei University
Hosei University is a major private university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its law, business, and social sciences programs and its role in educating many prominent political and business leaders.
B. Waseda University
Waseda University is a prestigious private research university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its strong programs in the humanities, social sciences, and political studies and for producing many prominent political and business leaders.
C. Osaka University of Economics and Law
Osaka University of Economics and Law is a Japanese private university specializing in economics and law, located in Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture.
D. Keio University
Keio University is a prestigious private research university in Tokyo, Japan, known as the country’s oldest modern institution of higher education and a leading center for academics and innovation.
E. Doshisha University
Doshisha University is a prestigious private university in Kyoto, Japan, known for its strong liberal arts education and historical Christian roots.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic division ⓘ constituent faculty of the University of Tokyo ⓘ law faculty ⓘ
abbreviation	Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UTokyo Law
academicDiscipline	law ⓘ political science ⓘ
affiliation	National University Corporation, The University of Tokyo ⓘ surface form: National University Corporation University of Tokyo
campus	Hongo Campus ⓘ
city	Tokyo ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
educationSystem	Japanese higher education system ⓘ
establishedBy	University of Tokyo ⓘ
governingBody	University of Tokyo ⓘ surface form: University of Tokyo administration
hasAlumniRole	bureaucrats in Japanese government ⓘ judges in Japan ⓘ lawyers in Japan ⓘ members of the National Diet of Japan ⓘ
hasCampusType	urban campus ⓘ
hasStatus	leading law faculty in Japan ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ ⓘ
knownFor	educating leading legal professionals in Japan ⓘ educating prominent politicians in Japan ⓘ educating senior public officials in Japan ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Bunkyo, Tokyo ⓘ Japan ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
notableFor	highly competitive admissions ⓘ strong influence on Japan’s legal and political elite ⓘ
offersDegree	Bachelor of Laws ⓘ
offersField	international relations ⓘ politics ⓘ private law ⓘ public law ⓘ
offersProgram	political science program ⓘ undergraduate law program ⓘ
parentOrganization	University of Tokyo ⓘ
partOf	University of Tokyo ⓘ
regionServed	Japan ⓘ
reputation	one of Japan’s most prestigious law schools ⓘ
sector	public higher education ⓘ
typeOfInstitution	national university faculty ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Graduate School of Law and Politics → affiliatedWith → Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo ⓘ

Kiichi Miyazawa → educatedAt → Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo ⓘ

this entity surface form: University of Tokyo Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo → abbreviation → Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UTokyo Law

Kunio Hatoyama → educatedAt → Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo ⓘ

Yukiya Amano → educatedAt → Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo ⓘ

Shintaro Abe → educatedAt → Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo ⓘ

Iichirō Hatoyama → educatedAt → Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo ⓘ

this entity surface form: University of Tokyo Faculty of Law

Takeo Fukuda → educatedAt → Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tokyo Imperial University Faculty of Law

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