Japan Post
E174861
Japan Post is Japan’s national postal service operator, providing mail delivery, logistics, and related financial services across the country.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japan Post canonical | 27 |
| 日本郵便株式会社 | 4 |
| Japan Post Holdings | 2 |
| Japan Post (before its privatization) | 1 |
| Japan Post (government agency) | 1 |
| Japan Post Holdings (policy and regulation aspects) | 1 |
| 日本郵政グループ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1533467 — 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: Japan Post Context triple: [Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, hasPostalSystem, Japan Post]
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A.
Bank of Japan
The Bank of Japan is the country's central bank, responsible for issuing currency, implementing monetary policy, and maintaining financial stability in Japan.
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B.
Japan Fair Trade Commission
The Japan Fair Trade Commission is Japan’s independent competition authority responsible for enforcing antitrust laws, promoting fair trade, and preventing monopolistic and unfair business practices.
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C.
Japan
Japan is an East Asian island nation in the Pacific Ocean known for its advanced technology, rich cultural heritage, and major cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.
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D.
Higashi Shina Kai
Higashi Shina Kai is the Japanese name for the East China Sea, a marginal sea located between China, Japan, Taiwan, and the Korean Peninsula.
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E.
Nisshoki
Nisshoki, more commonly known as the Hinomaru, is the national flag of Japan featuring a red sun disc centered on a white field.
- 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: Japan Post Target entity description: Japan Post is Japan’s national postal service operator, providing mail delivery, logistics, and related financial services across the country.
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A.
Bank of Japan
The Bank of Japan is the country's central bank, responsible for issuing currency, implementing monetary policy, and maintaining financial stability in Japan.
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B.
Japan Fair Trade Commission
The Japan Fair Trade Commission is Japan’s independent competition authority responsible for enforcing antitrust laws, promoting fair trade, and preventing monopolistic and unfair business practices.
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C.
Japan
Japan is an East Asian island nation in the Pacific Ocean known for its advanced technology, rich cultural heritage, and major cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.
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D.
Higashi Shina Kai
Higashi Shina Kai is the Japanese name for the East China Sea, a marginal sea located between China, Japan, Taiwan, and the Korean Peninsula.
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E.
Nisshoki
Nisshoki, more commonly known as the Hinomaru, is the national flag of Japan featuring a red sun disc centered on a white field.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government-related corporation
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postal service operator ⓘ |
| areaServed |
domestic Japan
ⓘ
international destinations via postal agreements ⓘ |
| brand |
ゆうパケット (Yu-Packet)
ⓘ
linked to:
レターパック (Letter Pack)
ゆうパック (Yu-Pack) ⓘ ゆうメール (Yu-Mail) ⓘ レターパック (Letter Pack) ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Japan Post Bank services
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Japan Post Insurance services ⓘ |
| hasServiceChannel |
ATMs at post offices
ⓘ
online postal services ⓘ physical post offices ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Tokyo ⓘ |
| industry |
financial services
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ postal service ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalForm | kabushiki gaisha ⓘ |
| nativeName |
日本郵便株式会社
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Post
|
| operates |
post offices in Japan
ⓘ
postal logistics network in Japan ⓘ |
| owner |
Japan Post Holdings
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Post
|
| parentOrganization |
Japan Post Holdings
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Post
|
| predecessor |
Japan Post (government agency)
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan Post
|
| product |
international mail services
ⓘ
money orders ⓘ postage stamps ⓘ postal stationery ⓘ registered mail ⓘ |
| regulator | Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan ⓘ |
| responsibility |
handling of government-related mail in Japan
ⓘ
nationwide mail delivery in Japan ⓘ postal savings operations at post offices ⓘ |
| role | universal postal service provider in Japan ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| service |
banking services
ⓘ
express mail ⓘ insurance services ⓘ logistics solutions ⓘ mail delivery ⓘ parcel delivery ⓘ |
| serviceArea | Japan ⓘ |
| shortName | Japan Post ⓘ |
| transportModeUsed |
air transport
ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ road transport ⓘ |
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: Japan Post Description of subject: Japan Post is Japan’s national postal service operator, providing mail delivery, logistics, and related financial services across the country.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan
→
hasExternalAgency
→
Japan Post (before its privatization)
ⓘ
linked to: Japan Post
subject linked to:
Taira, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Japan Post
linked to: Japan Post
linked to: Japan Post
linked to: Japan Post
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
→
oversees
→
Japan Post Holdings (policy and regulation aspects)
ⓘ
subject linked to:
MIC
linked to: Japan Post
subject linked to:
Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan
subject linked to:
Higashi-Nippori district