Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd.
E281651
Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. is a major Japanese consumer electronics retail chain known for its large multi-story stores offering a wide range of electronics, appliances, and related goods.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. canonical | 2 |
| Yodobashi Camera | 1 |
| Yodobashi Camera chain | 1 |
| Yodobashi.com | 1 |
| ヨドバシカメラ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2613452 — 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: Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. Context triple: [Yodobashi Umeda, operator, Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd.]
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A.
Odakyu department store
Odakyu department store is a major Japanese department store chain best known for its large flagship store complex in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district.
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B.
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
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C.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
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D.
Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer known for its consumer electronics, display technologies, and home appliances.
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E.
Keio department store
Keio department store is a major Japanese department store located in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its wide range of retail offerings and direct connection to Shinjuku Station.
- 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: Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. Target entity description: Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. is a major Japanese consumer electronics retail chain known for its large multi-story stores offering a wide range of electronics, appliances, and related goods.
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A.
Odakyu department store
Odakyu department store is a major Japanese department store chain best known for its large flagship store complex in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district.
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B.
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
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C.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
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D.
Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer known for its consumer electronics, display technologies, and home appliances.
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E.
Keio department store
Keio department store is a major Japanese department store located in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its wide range of retail offerings and direct connection to Shinjuku Station.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consumer electronics retailer
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private company ⓘ retail company ⓘ |
| brand |
Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yodobashi Camera
|
| businessModel |
brick-and-mortar retail
ⓘ
online retail ⓘ |
| competitor |
Bic Camera
ⓘ
Yamada Denki ⓘ
surface form:
Joshin Denki
Yamada Denki ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| founder | Akihabara-based camera retailer (predecessor business) ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Tokyo
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surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
|
| hasOnlinePresence | https://www.yodobashi.com ⓘ |
| hasRetailFormat |
big-box store
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multi-story department-style store ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ |
| inception | 1960 ⓘ |
| industry |
consumer electronics
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e-commerce ⓘ home appliances ⓘ retail ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalForm | Kabushiki gaisha ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ヨドバシカメラ
|
| notableFor |
large multi-story electronics stores
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point-based loyalty program ⓘ wide product selection ⓘ |
| operates |
Yodobashi Hakata
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Yodobashi Kyoto ⓘ Yodobashi Multimedia Akiba ⓘ Yodobashi Sapporo ⓘ Yodobashi Umeda ⓘ Yodobashi Yokohama ⓘ |
| owns |
Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yodobashi.com
|
| productCategory |
audio equipment
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bicycles ⓘ computers ⓘ consumer electronics ⓘ daily necessities ⓘ digital cameras ⓘ gaming consoles ⓘ hobby goods ⓘ home appliances ⓘ mobile phones ⓘ office supplies ⓘ toys ⓘ video equipment ⓘ watches ⓘ |
| serves | Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. Description of subject: Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd. is a major Japanese consumer electronics retail chain known for its large multi-story stores offering a wide range of electronics, appliances, and related goods.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yodobashi Camera chain
this entity surface form:
Yodobashi Camera
this entity surface form:
Yodobashi.com
this entity surface form:
ヨドバシカメラ