Minami Jirō
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Minami Jirō canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493868 — 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: Minami Jirō Context triple: [Governor-General of Korea, officeHolder, Minami Jirō]
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A.
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.
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B.
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Ōkubo Toshimichi was a leading Meiji-era Japanese statesman and key architect of the modernization and centralization of Japan after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Terauchi Masatake
Terauchi Masatake was a Japanese military officer and statesman who served as the first Governor-General of Korea and later as Prime Minister of Japan during the early 20th century.
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D.
Kido Takayoshi
Kido Takayoshi was a key Japanese statesman and one of the principal architects of the Meiji Restoration who helped modernize Japan’s political and social systems in the late 19th century.
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E.
Kakuei Tanaka
Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
- 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: Minami Jirō Target entity description: 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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A.
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.
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B.
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Ōkubo Toshimichi was a leading Meiji-era Japanese statesman and key architect of the modernization and centralization of Japan after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Terauchi Masatake
Terauchi Masatake was a Japanese military officer and statesman who served as the first Governor-General of Korea and later as Prime Minister of Japan during the early 20th century.
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D.
Kido Takayoshi
Kido Takayoshi was a key Japanese statesman and one of the principal architects of the Meiji Restoration who helped modernize Japan’s political and social systems in the late 19th century.
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E.
Kakuei Tanaka
Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese general
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colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| associatedWith |
Imperial Japanese Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Japanese Army leadership
Government-General of Korea ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese colonial government in Korea
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| authorityOver | Korean Peninsula during his tenure as Governor-General ⓘ |
| conflict |
First Sino-Japanese War
ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ |
| governmentTypeAdministered | military government in colonial Korea ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
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interwar period ⓘ |
| ideology | Japanese imperialism ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
Japanization policies in Korea
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political suppression in colonial Korea ⓘ repressive colonial rule in Korea ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Imperial Japanese Army General Staff ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| name | Minami Jirō self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
南 次郎
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surface form:
南次郎
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| notableFor |
role in Japanese colonial administration in Korea
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service as Imperial Japanese Army general ⓘ serving as Governor-General of Korea during Japanese rule ⓘ |
| occupation |
army officer
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colonial governor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| partOf | Japanese colonial empire ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Japan
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Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor-General of Korea
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Minister of War of Japan ⓘ commander of the Chosen Army ⓘ member of the House of Peers of Japan ⓘ |
| roleIn |
Korea under Japanese rule
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surface form:
Japanese occupation of Korea
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| subjectOf |
historical studies on Japanese colonialism in Korea
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war crimes and colonial responsibility debates ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Minami Jirō Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.