Yoshida Shigeru

E860190

Japanese politician human

Yoshida Shigeru was a prominent Japanese diplomat and postwar prime minister who played a key role in Japan’s recovery and alignment with the West after World War II.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Yoshida Shigeru canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5936592 — 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: Yoshida Shigeru
Context triple: [吉田茂, ローマ字表記, Yoshida Shigeru]

A. Satō Norikiyo
Satō Norikiyo, better known by his monastic name Saigyō, was a prominent 12th-century Japanese poet and Buddhist monk celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature and impermanence.
B. Kōno Ichirō
Kōno Ichirō was an Imperial Japanese Army officer best known for his leadership role in commanding Japan’s 3rd Division.
C. Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo was a prominent Japanese statesman and finance minister, known for pioneering expansionary monetary policies that helped Japan recover from the Great Depression.
D. Nomura Shigeru
Nomura Shigeru is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Nomura, likely for contributions in a professional or public field.
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: Yoshida Shigeru
Target entity description: Yoshida Shigeru was a prominent Japanese diplomat and postwar prime minister who played a key role in Japan’s recovery and alignment with the West after World War II.

A. Satō Norikiyo
Satō Norikiyo, better known by his monastic name Saigyō, was a prominent 12th-century Japanese poet and Buddhist monk celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature and impermanence.
B. Kōno Ichirō
Kōno Ichirō was an Imperial Japanese Army officer best known for his leadership role in commanding Japan’s 3rd Division.
C. Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo was a prominent Japanese statesman and finance minister, known for pioneering expansionary monetary policies that helped Japan recover from the Great Depression.
D. Nomura Shigeru
Nomura Shigeru is a Japanese individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Nomura, likely for contributions in a professional or public field.
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 (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese politician ⓘ human ⓘ
appointedBy	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1878-09-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1967-10-20 ⓘ
diplomaticPost	Ambassador of Japan to Italy ⓘ linked to: Japanese Ambassador to Italy Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt	Keio University ⓘ Tokyo Imperial University ⓘ linked to: Tokyo Daigaku
employer	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ
era	Shōwa period ⓘ linked to: Showa era
familyName	Yoshida ⓘ
givenName	Shigeru ⓘ
honorificTitle	Count ⓘ
ideology	conservatism ⓘ pro-Western alignment ⓘ
influenced	Japanese postwar foreign policy ⓘ Liberal Democratic Party of Japan’s security policy ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Liberal Democratic Party of Japan ⓘ linked to: Liberal Democratic Party Liberal Party (Japan, 1945) ⓘ linked to: Liberal Party (Japan)
name	Yoshida Shigeru NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
nobleTitle	hakushaku (count) ⓘ
notableAchievement	led Japan’s postwar economic recovery ⓘ negotiated the San Francisco Peace Treaty ⓘ
notableWork	Yoshida Doctrine ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ statesman ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Empire of Japan ⓘ linked to: Imperial Japan Tokyo ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Japan ⓘ Oiso, Kanagawa ⓘ linked to: Ōiso, Kanagawa
policy	emphasis on economic growth over military expansion ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
precededBy	Shidehara Kijūrō ⓘ linked to: Kijūrō Shidehara
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
residence	Oiso, Kanagawa ⓘ linked to: Ōiso, Kanagawa
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
signed	Treaty of San Francisco ⓘ
spouse	Yoshida Yukiko ⓘ
succeededBy	Hatoyama Ichirō ⓘ Katayama Tetsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
termEnd	1947-05-24 ⓘ 1954-12-10 ⓘ
termStart	1946-05-22 ⓘ 1948-10-15 ⓘ
workLocation	Tokyo ⓘ