Immigration Services Agency
E560297
The Immigration Services Agency is Japan’s national authority responsible for administering immigration control, residency management, and related services for foreign nationals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Immigration Services Agency canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5950324 — 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: Immigration Services Agency Context triple: [MOJ, oversees, Immigration Services Agency]
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A.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is the federal agency responsible for administering lawful immigration to the United States, including processing citizenship, green card, and visa applications.
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B.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
The Immigration and Naturalization Service was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing immigration and naturalization laws before its functions were reorganized under the Department of Homeland Security.
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C.
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
The Immigration and Nationality Directorate was a former UK Home Office division responsible for managing immigration control, asylum applications, and nationality matters before its functions were absorbed into the UK Border Agency.
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D.
Executive Office for Immigration Review
The Executive Office for Immigration Review is a U.S. Department of Justice agency that adjudicates immigration cases, including appeals, through its nationwide immigration courts and appellate bodies.
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E.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
- 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: Immigration Services Agency Target entity description: The Immigration Services Agency is Japan’s national authority responsible for administering immigration control, residency management, and related services for foreign nationals.
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A.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is the federal agency responsible for administering lawful immigration to the United States, including processing citizenship, green card, and visa applications.
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B.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
The Immigration and Naturalization Service was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing immigration and naturalization laws before its functions were reorganized under the Department of Homeland Security.
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C.
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
The Immigration and Nationality Directorate was a former UK Home Office division responsible for managing immigration control, asylum applications, and nationality matters before its functions were absorbed into the UK Border Agency.
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D.
Executive Office for Immigration Review
The Executive Office for Immigration Review is a U.S. Department of Justice agency that adjudicates immigration cases, including appeals, through its nationwide immigration courts and appellate bodies.
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E.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
immigration authority ⓘ |
| aim |
maintenance of public safety related to immigration
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proper control of entry and stay of foreign nationals ⓘ protection of the rights of foreign residents ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Japan
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | external bureau of the Ministry of Justice ⓘ |
| nativeName |
出入国在留管理庁
ⓘ
linked to:
Immigration Services Agency of Japan
|
| parentOrganization |
Ministry of Justice (Japan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Justice of Japan
|
| partOf |
Ministry of Justice (Japan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Justice of Japan
|
| policyArea |
border security of Japan
ⓘ
foreign residents in Japan ⓘ labor migration to Japan ⓘ refugees and asylum seekers in Japan ⓘ |
| replaced |
Immigration Bureau of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Immigration Services Agency of Japan
|
| responsibility |
administration of visas for foreign nationals
ⓘ
deportation procedures ⓘ detention of immigration violators ⓘ immigration control ⓘ naturalization-related processing support ⓘ refugee recognition procedures ⓘ residency management ⓘ |
| scopeOfAuthority | nationwide ⓘ |
| sector |
border control
ⓘ
immigration ⓘ migration policy implementation ⓘ |
| serviceProvided |
information services for foreign residents
ⓘ
issuance of residence cards ⓘ permission for activities outside status of residence ⓘ permission for permanent residence ⓘ processing of extensions of period of stay ⓘ processing of status of residence changes ⓘ re-entry permission ⓘ |
| shortName | ISA ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Japan)
ⓘ
Japanese immigration law ⓘ |
| supervises |
immigration detention centers
ⓘ
immigration inspection offices at ports of entry ⓘ regional immigration services bureaus ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | national-level administrative body ⓘ |
| websiteLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
ⓘ
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan) ⓘ National Police Agency (Japan) ⓘ
linked to:
National Police Agency of Japan
local governments in Japan ⓘ |
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: Immigration Services Agency Description of subject: The Immigration Services Agency is Japan’s national authority responsible for administering immigration control, residency management, and related services for foreign nationals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.