Asahi Shimbun
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Asahi Shimbun is one of Japan’s largest and oldest national daily newspapers, known for its influential journalism and major sponsorship of cultural and sporting events.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asahi Shimbun canonical | 11 |
| The Asahi Shimbun Company | 4 |
| Asahi Shimbun Group | 1 |
| Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. | 1 |
| Asahi Shimbun newspaper | 1 |
| Osaka Asahi Shimbun | 1 |
| The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4566211 — 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: Asahi Shimbun Context triple: [Japan National High School Baseball Championship, organizer, Asahi Shimbun]
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A.
Yomiuri Shimbun
Yomiuri Shimbun is one of Japan’s largest and most influential daily newspapers, known for its wide circulation and conservative editorial stance.
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B.
Seikyo Shimbun
Seikyo Shimbun is a Japanese daily newspaper affiliated with the Soka Gakkai Buddhist organization, focusing on religious, cultural, and social issues.
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C.
Yomiuri Group
Yomiuri Group is a major Japanese media conglomerate best known for its flagship Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper and ownership of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team.
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D.
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation is a major Japanese television broadcasting company based in Osaka and affiliated with the Nippon TV network.
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E.
People's Daily
People's Daily is the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party and one of China's most influential state-run media outlets.
- 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: Asahi Shimbun Target entity description: Asahi Shimbun is one of Japan’s largest and oldest national daily newspapers, known for its influential journalism and major sponsorship of cultural and sporting events.
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A.
Yomiuri Shimbun
Yomiuri Shimbun is one of Japan’s largest and most influential daily newspapers, known for its wide circulation and conservative editorial stance.
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B.
Seikyo Shimbun
Seikyo Shimbun is a Japanese daily newspaper affiliated with the Soka Gakkai Buddhist organization, focusing on religious, cultural, and social issues.
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C.
Yomiuri Group
Yomiuri Group is a major Japanese media conglomerate best known for its flagship Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper and ownership of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team.
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D.
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation is a major Japanese television broadcasting company based in Osaka and affiliated with the Nippon TV network.
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E.
People's Daily
People's Daily is the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party and one of China's most influential state-run media outlets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese newspaper
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daily newspaper ⓘ newspaper ⓘ |
| circulationArea | national ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| distributionFrequency | daily ⓘ |
| format | broadsheet ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Kimura Noboru
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Murayama Ryohei ⓘ Murayama Ryuhei ⓘ Uchida Rokuzaemon ⓘ |
| hasColumn | Tensei Jingo ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
digital edition
ⓘ
evening edition ⓘ morning edition ⓘ |
| hasEnglishLanguageWebsite |
The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
ⓘ
linked to:
Asahi Shimbun
|
| hasGenre | general-interest newspaper ⓘ |
| hasInternationalBureau |
Bangkok
ⓘ
Beijing ⓘ Cairo ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Moscow ⓘ New York ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
Paris ⓘ Seoul ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Sydney ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| hasISSN | 0387-4314 ⓘ |
| hasOffice |
Fukuoka
ⓘ
Nagoya ⓘ Sapporo ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings (historical relation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. ⓘ
linked to:
Asahi Shimbun
|
| headquartersLocation |
Osaka
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| inception | 1879 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coverage of politics
ⓘ
coverage of social issues ⓘ influential editorials ⓘ investigative journalism ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association ⓘ |
| owner |
The Asahi Shimbun Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Asahi Shimbun
|
| parentOrganization |
Asahi Group Holdings (historical ties)
ⓘ
linked to:
Asahi Group Holdings
|
| politicalAlignment |
center-left
ⓘ
liberal ⓘ |
| printStatus | in print ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Asahi Shimbun Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Asahi Shimbun
|
| sponsors |
Asahi Shimbun Cultural Foundation programs
ⓘ
National High School Baseball Championship ⓘ Summer Koshien ⓘ art exhibitions ⓘ classical music events ⓘ theatre events ⓘ |
| website | https://www.asahi.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Asahi Shimbun Description of subject: Asahi Shimbun is one of Japan’s largest and oldest national daily newspapers, known for its influential journalism and major sponsorship of cultural and sporting events.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Asahi Shimbun
linked to: Asahi Shimbun
linked to: Asahi Shimbun
subject linked to:
Asahi Shimbun Company (Tokyo headquarters, in nearby Chiyoda/Minato border)
subject linked to:
Asahi Shimbun Company (Tokyo headquarters, in nearby Chiyoda/Minato border)
subject linked to:
Asahi Shimbun Company (Tokyo headquarters, in nearby Chiyoda/Minato border)
linked to: Asahi Shimbun
linked to: Asahi Shimbun
linked to: Asahi Shimbun
linked to: Asahi Shimbun
linked to: Asahi Shimbun