Hiranuma Kiichirō
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Hiranuma Kiichirō was a Japanese politician and jurist who served briefly as prime minister before and during World War II and was later convicted as a Class A war criminal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiranuma Kiichirō canonical | 4 |
| Hiranuma Kiichiro | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4153343 — 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: Hiranuma Kiichirō Context triple: [Sugamo Prison, notablePrisoner, Hiranuma Kiichirō]
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A.
Minami Jirō
Minami Jirō was a Japanese army general and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor-General of Korea during Japan’s occupation in the early 20th century.
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B.
Inukai Tsuyoshi
Inukai Tsuyoshi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the early 1930s and was assassinated during the May 15 Incident, marking a key step in the rise of militarism in Japan.
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C.
Hara Takashi
Hara Takashi was a Japanese politician who became the first commoner to serve as Prime Minister of Japan during the early Taishō period.
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D.
Hirota Kōki
Hirota Kōki was a pre-World War II Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister and later as foreign minister, playing a key role in Japan’s increasingly militaristic foreign policy during the 1930s.
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E.
Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki was a Japanese general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and played a key role in Japan’s wartime administration.
- 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: Hiranuma Kiichirō Target entity description: Hiranuma Kiichirō was a Japanese politician and jurist who served briefly as prime minister before and during World War II and was later convicted as a Class A war criminal.
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A.
Minami Jirō
Minami Jirō was a Japanese army general and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor-General of Korea during Japan’s occupation in the early 20th century.
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B.
Inukai Tsuyoshi
Inukai Tsuyoshi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the early 1930s and was assassinated during the May 15 Incident, marking a key step in the rise of militarism in Japan.
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C.
Hara Takashi
Hara Takashi was a Japanese politician who became the first commoner to serve as Prime Minister of Japan during the early Taishō period.
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D.
Hirota Kōki
Hirota Kōki was a pre-World War II Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister and later as foreign minister, playing a key role in Japan’s increasingly militaristic foreign policy during the 1930s.
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E.
Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki was a Japanese general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and played a key role in Japan’s wartime administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ jurist ⓘ prime minister of Japan ⓘ war criminal ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Emperor Shōwa
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Hirohito
|
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| charge | crimes against peace ⓘ |
| convictedBy | International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ |
| convictedOf | Class A war crimes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1867-09-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1952-08-22 ⓘ |
| detainedAt | Sugamo Prison ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University
ⓘ
linked to:
Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
Tokyo Imperial University ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo Daigaku
|
| era |
Shōwa period
ⓘ
linked to:
Showa era
|
| familyName | Hiranuma ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Kiichirō ⓘ |
| ideology |
Japanese nationalism
ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Peers of the Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Peers of Japan
|
| militaryConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| name | Hiranuma Kiichirō ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 平沼 騏一郎 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conviction as a Class A war criminal after World War II
ⓘ
role in pre–World War II Japanese politics ⓘ serving as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939 ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1939-08-30 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1939-01-05 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Okayama Prefecture
Tsuyama, Mimasaka Province, Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Tsuyama, Japan
|
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Japan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Justice of Japan
Home Minister of Japan ⓘ Member of the House of Peers (Japan) ⓘ Minister of Justice of Japan ⓘ President of the Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Lord President of the Privy Council of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| predecessor | Fumimaro Konoe ⓘ |
| primeMinisterOrder | 35th Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| successor | Nobuyuki Abe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hiranuma Kiichirō Description of subject: Hiranuma Kiichirō was a Japanese politician and jurist who served briefly as prime minister before and during World War II and was later convicted as a Class A war criminal.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.