Customs and Tariff Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan)
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The Customs and Tariff Bureau is a key agency within Japan’s Ministry of Finance responsible for customs administration, tariff policy, and related trade control measures.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Customs (Japan) | 1 |
| Customs and Tariff Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan) canonical | 1 |
| Customs and Tariff Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4793510 — 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: Customs and Tariff Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan) Context triple: [Ministry of Finance (Japan), subOrganization, Customs and Tariff Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan)]
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A.
Ministry of Finance (Japan)
The Ministry of Finance (Japan) is a central government ministry responsible for the country’s fiscal policy, public finance, and economic stability.
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B.
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas is the Mexican federal customs authority responsible for managing and controlling the country’s customs operations and enforcement.
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C.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Japan)
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Japan) was a pre- and early postwar Japanese government ministry responsible for overseeing industrial policy, trade, and economic development before its functions were largely succeeded by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).
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D.
Department of Foreign Trade
The Department of Foreign Trade is an academic unit within Cairo University's Faculty of Commerce that specializes in teaching and research on international trade, global markets, and related economic policies.
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E.
Federal Customs Administration
The Federal Customs Administration is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and the collection of certain federal duties and taxes.
- 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: Customs and Tariff Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan) Target entity description: The Customs and Tariff Bureau is a key agency within Japan’s Ministry of Finance responsible for customs administration, tariff policy, and related trade control measures.
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A.
Ministry of Finance (Japan)
The Ministry of Finance (Japan) is a central government ministry responsible for the country’s fiscal policy, public finance, and economic stability.
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B.
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas is the Mexican federal customs authority responsible for managing and controlling the country’s customs operations and enforcement.
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C.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Japan)
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Japan) was a pre- and early postwar Japanese government ministry responsible for overseeing industrial policy, trade, and economic development before its functions were largely succeeded by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).
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D.
Department of Foreign Trade
The Department of Foreign Trade is an academic unit within Cairo University's Faculty of Commerce that specializes in teaching and research on international trade, global markets, and related economic policies.
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E.
Federal Customs Administration
The Federal Customs Administration is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and the collection of certain federal duties and taxes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customs authority
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government agency ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Customs and Tariff Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Tokyo ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Government of Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Japanese ⓘ |
| oversees | Japan Customs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Finance (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Japanese fiscal administration ⓘ |
| policyArea |
border control
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customs policy ⓘ tariff policy ⓘ trade facilitation ⓘ trade security ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
border enforcement of trade regulations
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classification of imported goods ⓘ collection of certain excise taxes on imports ⓘ collection of customs duties ⓘ collection of import taxes ⓘ customs administration in Japan ⓘ customs audit and post-clearance audit ⓘ customs procedures simplification ⓘ customs risk management ⓘ enforcement of embargoes and sanctions at the border ⓘ enforcement of import and export restrictions ⓘ implementation of customs laws ⓘ implementation of economic partnership agreement tariff provisions ⓘ implementation of free trade agreement tariff provisions ⓘ implementation of tariff laws ⓘ prevention of counterfeit goods imports ⓘ prevention of illegal drug imports ⓘ prevention of illegal weapons imports ⓘ prevention of smuggling ⓘ protection of intellectual property rights at the border ⓘ rules of origin administration ⓘ tariff policy in Japan ⓘ trade control measures at the border ⓘ trade facilitation measures ⓘ trade statistics related to imports and exports ⓘ valuation of imported goods ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Minister of Finance (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mof.go.jp ⓘ |
| worksWith |
World Customs Organization
NERFINISHED
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World Trade Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ other national customs administrations ⓘ |
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: Customs and Tariff Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan) Description of subject: The Customs and Tariff Bureau is a key agency within Japan’s Ministry of Finance responsible for customs administration, tariff policy, and related trade control measures.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ministry of Finance (Japan)
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subOrganization
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Customs and Tariff Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan)
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this entity surface form:
Customs (Japan)
this entity surface form:
Customs and Tariff Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan