Okamura Yasuji
E39092
Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Okamura Yasuji canonical | 4 |
| Yasuji Okamura | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T233638 — 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.
Target entity: Okamura Yasuji Context triple: [Battle of Changsha, notableCommander, Okamura Yasuji]
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A.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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B.
Anami Korechika
Anami Korechika was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who later served as Japan’s War Minister during the final stages of World War II.
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C.
Masayuki Kakefu
Masayuki Kakefu is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger and third baseman best known for his starring role with the Hanshin Tigers in the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Ishizuka Eizō
Ishizuka Eizō was a Japanese colonial administrator who served as a high-ranking official in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Okamura Yasuji Target entity description: Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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A.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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B.
Anami Korechika
Anami Korechika was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who later served as Japan’s War Minister during the final stages of World War II.
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C.
Masayuki Kakefu
Masayuki Kakefu is a former Japanese professional baseball slugger and third baseman best known for his starring role with the Hanshin Tigers in the 1970s and 1980s.
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D.
Ishizuka Eizō
Ishizuka Eizō was a Japanese colonial administrator who served as a high-ranking official in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Army general
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military officer ⓘ person ⓘ war criminal ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| awardReceived |
Order of the Golden Kite
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Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1884-05-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
Kagawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| charge | war crimes in China ⓘ |
| conflict |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
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| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1966-09-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Japan ⓘ |
| education |
Army War College (Japan)
ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army Academy ⓘ |
| era |
Showa era
ⓘ
surface form:
Shōwa period
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| familyName | Okamura ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Yasuji ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| name | Okamura Yasuji self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 岡村 寧次 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
counterinsurgency operations against Chinese forces
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leading Japanese military campaigns in China ⓘ role in Japanese occupation policies in China ⓘ |
| notableWork | implementation of the Three Alls Policy in China ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
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surface form:
Japanese invasion of China
Second Sino-Japanese War military campaigns ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army
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Commander of the 11th Army (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ Commander of the North China Area Army ⓘ Commander-in-Chief of the China Expeditionary Army ⓘ Ministry of War of Japan ⓘ
surface form:
Vice Minister of War of Japan
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| servedUnder |
Emperor Hirohito
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surface form:
Hirohito
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| theatreOfOperations | China ⓘ |
| triedBy | Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal ⓘ |
| verdict | acquitted ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Okamura Yasuji Description of subject: Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.