Kakuei Tanaka
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Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kakuei Tanaka canonical | 14 |
| Kakuei | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T51734 — 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: Kakuei Tanaka Context triple: [Liberal Democratic Party, notableLeader, Kakuei Tanaka]
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A.
Nobutake Kondō
Nobutake Kondō was a senior Imperial Japanese Navy admiral who played major command roles in key Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign and other operations alongside the main carrier forces.
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B.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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C.
Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
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D.
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Tomoyuki Yamashita was a prominent Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II, best known for his rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore and later defense of the Philippines.
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E.
Harukichi Hyakutake
Harukichi Hyakutake was a Japanese lieutenant general who led the Seventeenth Army in the Solomon Islands campaign during World War II, including the battles around Guadalcanal.
- 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: Kakuei Tanaka Target entity description: Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
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A.
Nobutake Kondō
Nobutake Kondō was a senior Imperial Japanese Navy admiral who played major command roles in key Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign and other operations alongside the main carrier forces.
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B.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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C.
Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
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D.
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Tomoyuki Yamashita was a prominent Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II, best known for his rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore and later defense of the Philippines.
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E.
Harukichi Hyakutake
Harukichi Hyakutake was a Japanese lieutenant general who led the Seventeenth Army in the Solomon Islands campaign during World War II, including the battles around Guadalcanal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
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human ⓘ prime minister of Japan ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | Japanese postwar politics ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| charge | bribery ⓘ |
| child |
Makiko Tanaka
ⓘ
Naoki Tanaka ⓘ |
| convictedOf | violating the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-05-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-12-16 ⓘ |
| education | Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka Commercial School (did not graduate) ⓘ |
| era |
Showa era
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surface form:
Shōwa period
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| faction | Tanaka faction in the Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ |
| familyName | Tanaka ⓘ |
| givenName |
Kakuei Tanaka
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kakuei
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| honorificTitle | shadow shogun ⓘ |
| influenced | Liberal Democratic Party factional politics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lockheed bribery scandals
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surface form:
Lockheed bribery scandal
dominant factional leader in the Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ political kingmaker in postwar Japan ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Liberal Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
|
| mentorOf |
Ichirō Ozawa
ⓘ
Noboru Takeshita ⓘ |
| name | Kakuei Tanaka self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 田中角栄 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron (Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago) ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1974-12-09 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1972-07-07 ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Lockheed bribery scandals
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surface form:
Lockheed bribery scandal
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| placeOfBirth | Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
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| policy |
Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron (Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago)
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surface form:
Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago plan
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| positionHeld |
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
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Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Eisaku Satō ⓘ |
| primeMinisterOrder |
64th Prime Minister of Japan
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65th Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| regionRepresented | Niigata Prefecture ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence |
Tokyo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Hanae Tanaka ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Takeo Miki ⓘ |
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Subject: Kakuei Tanaka Description of subject: Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kakuei
Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka Commercial School (did not graduate)
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hasFormerStudent
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Kakuei Tanaka
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subject surface form:
Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka Commercial School
subject surface form:
Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron
subject surface form:
Tanaka faction
subject surface form:
Tanaka faction
subject surface form:
Tanaka faction
subject surface form:
Tanaka faction
subject surface form:
Shadow shogun