Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)
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The Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) was a short-lived Japanese political party led by Ichirō Ozawa that emerged from a split in the New Frontier Party and later merged into the Democratic Party of Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) canonical | 2 |
| Liberal Party (Japan, 2016) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1593756 — 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: Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) Context triple: [Yukio Hatoyama, memberOfPoliticalParty, Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)]
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A.
Liberal Party (Japan)
The Liberal Party (Japan) was a conservative political party that played a key role in postwar Japanese politics and later merged into what became the dominant Liberal Democratic Party.
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B.
Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)
The Liberal Democratic Party (Australia) is a minor classical liberal and libertarian political party advocating for small government, low taxes, and expanded civil liberties.
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C.
Democratic Party (Japan)
The Democratic Party (Japan) was a major centrist to center-left political party that briefly served as the main opposition force in Japanese politics before reorganizing into successor parties including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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D.
National Democratic Party (Japan)
The National Democratic Party (Japan) was a centrist to center-right political party formed in 2018 through the merger of two opposition groups, positioning itself as an alternative to both the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and more progressive opposition parties.
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E.
Liberal Democratic Party
The Liberal Democratic Party is Japan’s long-ruling conservative political party that has governed the country for most of the period since its founding in 1955.
- 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: Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) Target entity description: The Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) was a short-lived Japanese political party led by Ichirō Ozawa that emerged from a split in the New Frontier Party and later merged into the Democratic Party of Japan.
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A.
Liberal Party (Japan)
The Liberal Party (Japan) was a conservative political party that played a key role in postwar Japanese politics and later merged into what became the dominant Liberal Democratic Party.
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B.
Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)
The Liberal Democratic Party (Australia) is a minor classical liberal and libertarian political party advocating for small government, low taxes, and expanded civil liberties.
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C.
Democratic Party (Japan)
The Democratic Party (Japan) was a major centrist to center-left political party that briefly served as the main opposition force in Japanese politics before reorganizing into successor parties including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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D.
National Democratic Party (Japan)
The National Democratic Party (Japan) was a centrist to center-right political party formed in 2018 through the merger of two opposition groups, positioning itself as an alternative to both the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and more progressive opposition parties.
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E.
Liberal Democratic Party
The Liberal Democratic Party is Japan’s long-ruling conservative political party that has governed the country for most of the period since its founding in 1955.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct political party
ⓘ
political party ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Ichirō Ozawa ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | LP ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Ichirō Ozawa ⓘ |
| ideology |
conservatism
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liberalism ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Liberal Party (Japan)
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surface form:
Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
|
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| leader | Ichirō Ozawa ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
House of Councillors
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surface form:
House of Councillors of Japan
House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Democratic Party (Japan)
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surface form:
Democratic Party of Japan
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| notableMember | Ichirō Ozawa ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Japanese politics ⓘ |
| originatedFrom |
New Frontier Party
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surface form:
New Frontier Party (Japan)
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| parliamentaryGroup |
National Diet
ⓘ
surface form:
National Diet of Japan
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| politicalPosition |
centrist
ⓘ
conservative ⓘ |
| precededBy |
New Frontier Party
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surface form:
New Frontier Party (Japan)
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| region | Japan ⓘ |
| shortLived | true ⓘ |
| splitFrom |
New Frontier Party
ⓘ
surface form:
New Frontier Party (Japan)
|
| status | dissolved ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Democratic Party (Japan)
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surface form:
Democratic Party of Japan
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) Description of subject: The Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) was a short-lived Japanese political party led by Ichirō Ozawa that emerged from a split in the New Frontier Party and later merged into the Democratic Party of Japan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Liberal Party (Japan, 2016)