Toshiki Kaifu
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Toshiki Kaifu was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991, leading the country during the early post–Cold War period and the aftermath of the economic bubble.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toshiki Kaifu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4778868 — 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: Toshiki Kaifu Context triple: [Tanaka faction, notableMember, Toshiki Kaifu]
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A.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is an elite Japanese right-handed pitcher, renowned for his dominant performances in Nippon Professional Baseball and subsequent move to Major League Baseball.
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B.
Tatsunori Hara
Tatsunori Hara is a prominent Japanese baseball manager and former Yomiuri Giants star known for leading both his club and Japan’s national team to multiple championships.
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C.
Min Tanaka
Min Tanaka is a renowned Japanese dancer and actor known for his avant-garde butoh performances and roles in international films.
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D.
Yasuo Matsui
Yasuo Matsui was a Japanese-American architect active in early 20th-century New York City, known for his work on prominent skyscrapers.
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E.
Shohei Shigematsu
Shohei Shigematsu is a Japanese architect and partner at OMA known for leading innovative cultural and educational projects in North America.
- 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: Toshiki Kaifu Target entity description: Toshiki Kaifu was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991, leading the country during the early post–Cold War period and the aftermath of the economic bubble.
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A.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is an elite Japanese right-handed pitcher, renowned for his dominant performances in Nippon Professional Baseball and subsequent move to Major League Baseball.
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B.
Tatsunori Hara
Tatsunori Hara is a prominent Japanese baseball manager and former Yomiuri Giants star known for leading both his club and Japan’s national team to multiple championships.
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C.
Min Tanaka
Min Tanaka is a renowned Japanese dancer and actor known for his avant-garde butoh performances and roles in international films.
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D.
Yasuo Matsui
Yasuo Matsui was a Japanese-American architect active in early 20th-century New York City, known for his work on prominent skyscrapers.
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E.
Shohei Shigematsu
Shohei Shigematsu is a Japanese architect and partner at OMA known for leading innovative cultural and educational projects in North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1931-01-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Aichi Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nagoya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2022-01-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Japanese government records
ⓘ
parliamentary biographies of Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Chigasaki High School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waseda University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Heisei period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kaifu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Toshiki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Mr. ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | House of Representatives of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Toshiki Kaifu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 海部俊樹 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Governed Japan after the burst of the economic bubble ⓘ |
| notableRole | LDP reformist leader after Recruit scandal ⓘ |
| notableWork | Leadership during early post–Cold War period in Japan ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 1991-11-05 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 1989-08-10 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
G7 summits as Prime Minister of Japan
ⓘ
post–Cold War diplomatic realignment in East Asia ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
ⓘ
President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Sōsuke Uno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterOrder |
76th Prime Minister of Japan
ⓘ
77th Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| representedDistrict |
Aichi 3rd district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aichi 9th district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Kaifu Emiko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Kiichi Miyazawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toshiki Kaifu Description of subject: Toshiki Kaifu was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991, leading the country during the early post–Cold War period and the aftermath of the economic bubble.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tanaka faction