Tanaka Kakuei
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Tanaka Kakuei was a powerful and controversial Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the 1970s and became infamous for his central role in the Lockheed bribery scandal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tanaka Kakuei canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6735466 — 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: Tanaka Kakuei Context triple: [Tanaka, hasNotablePerson, Tanaka Kakuei]
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A.
Koki Hirota
Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister in the 1930s and was later executed for war crimes after World War II.
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B.
Shigeru Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and statesman who led Japan’s post–World War II recovery and helped shape its pacifist constitution and pro-Western foreign policy.
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C.
Eisaku Yamaguchi
Eisaku Yamaguchi is a Japanese voice actor known for his work in anime, video games, and dubbing foreign media.
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D.
Nobusuke Kishi
Nobusuke Kishi was a prominent Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister from 1957 to 1960 and played a key role in postwar Japan’s political and economic direction.
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E.
Koji Satō
Koji Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished among people sharing the surname Satō.
- 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: Tanaka Kakuei Target entity description: Tanaka Kakuei was a powerful and controversial Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the 1970s and became infamous for his central role in the Lockheed bribery scandal.
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A.
Koki Hirota
Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister in the 1930s and was later executed for war crimes after World War II.
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B.
Shigeru Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and statesman who led Japan’s post–World War II recovery and helped shape its pacifist constitution and pro-Western foreign policy.
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C.
Eisaku Yamaguchi
Eisaku Yamaguchi is a Japanese voice actor known for his work in anime, video games, and dubbing foreign media.
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D.
Nobusuke Kishi
Nobusuke Kishi was a prominent Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister from 1957 to 1960 and played a key role in postwar Japan’s political and economic direction.
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E.
Koji Satō
Koji Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished among people sharing the surname Satō.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Emperor Shōwa
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Hirohito
|
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| child | Tanaka Makiko ⓘ |
| convictedOf | bribery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-05-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 1983-10-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-12-16 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Japanese newspapers of the 1970s ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka Commercial School (dropped out) ⓘ |
| endTime (position: Prime Minister of Japan) | 1974-12-09 ⓘ |
| era |
Shōwa period
ⓘ
linked to:
Showa era
|
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Tanaka ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Kakuei ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle |
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers
ⓘ
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ |
| image | photograph of Tanaka Kakuei wearing a suit, taken in the 1970s ⓘ |
| influenced | Tanaka faction politicians in the LDP ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lockheed bribery scandal
ⓘ
linked to:
Lockheed bribery scandals
building a powerful LDP faction ⓘ infrastructure-centered economic policies ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Liberal Democratic Party
|
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| nickname |
Shadow shogun
ⓘ
linked to:
shadow shogun
|
| notableWork | Japanese archipelago remodeling theory ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Liberal Democratic Party (Tanaka faction) ⓘ |
| partOf | postwar Japanese political establishment ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kariwa, Niigata, Japan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| politicalParty |
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Liberal Democratic Party
|
| positionHeld |
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
ⓘ
Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| precededBy (as Prime Minister of Japan) | Satō Eisaku ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | arrest in 1976 on suspicion of bribery in the Lockheed scandal ⓘ |
| spouse |
Tanaka Hana
ⓘ
linked to:
Hana Tanaka
|
| startTime (position: Prime Minister of Japan) | 1972-07-07 ⓘ |
| succeededBy (as Prime Minister of Japan) | Miki Takeo ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tanaka Kakuei Description of subject: Tanaka Kakuei was a powerful and controversial Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the 1970s and became infamous for his central role in the Lockheed bribery scandal.
Referenced by (4)
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