Kazuyoshi Akaba
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Kazuyoshi Akaba is a Japanese politician of the Komeito party who has served in the House of Representatives and held cabinet posts, including overseeing Japan’s land, infrastructure, transport, and tourism policy.
All labels observed (1)
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| Kazuyoshi Akaba canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10239123 — 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: Kazuyoshi Akaba Context triple: [Suga Cabinet, ministerOfLandInfrastructureTransportAndTourism, Kazuyoshi Akaba]
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A.
Masakatsu Shibasaki
Masakatsu Shibasaki is a Japanese chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and the development of chiral ligands used in enantioselective synthesis.
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B.
Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki is a Japanese ski jumper best known for winning multiple gold medals and becoming a national hero at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
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C.
Shunsuke Nakamura
Shunsuke Nakamura is a renowned Japanese attacking midfielder best known for his precise free-kicks and successful spells in European football, particularly with Celtic.
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D.
Takao Shimizu
Takao Shimizu is a Japanese video game producer at Nintendo best known for his work on major titles in the Super Mario series.
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E.
Akinobu Okada
Akinobu Okada is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder and manager best known for his long association with Nippon Professional Baseball and leadership roles with the Hanshin Tigers.
- 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: Kazuyoshi Akaba Target entity description: Kazuyoshi Akaba is a Japanese politician of the Komeito party who has served in the House of Representatives and held cabinet posts, including overseeing Japan’s land, infrastructure, transport, and tourism policy.
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A.
Masakatsu Shibasaki
Masakatsu Shibasaki is a Japanese chemist renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and the development of chiral ligands used in enantioselective synthesis.
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B.
Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki is a Japanese ski jumper best known for winning multiple gold medals and becoming a national hero at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
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C.
Shunsuke Nakamura
Shunsuke Nakamura is a renowned Japanese attacking midfielder best known for his precise free-kicks and successful spells in European football, particularly with Celtic.
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D.
Takao Shimizu
Takao Shimizu is a Japanese video game producer at Nintendo best known for his work on major titles in the Super Mario series.
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E.
Akinobu Okada
Akinobu Okada is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder and manager best known for his long association with Nippon Professional Baseball and leadership roles with the Hanshin Tigers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
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human ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | politics ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | Government of Japan ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ |
| memberOf | Komeito ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Komeito ⓘ |
| name | Kazuyoshi Akaba ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 赤羽一嘉 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service in the House of Representatives of Japan
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serving as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ |
| oversaw |
infrastructure policy in Japan
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land policy in Japan ⓘ tourism policy in Japan ⓘ transport policy in Japan ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Komeito ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
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member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ |
| residence | Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kazuyoshi Akaba Description of subject: Kazuyoshi Akaba is a Japanese politician of the Komeito party who has served in the House of Representatives and held cabinet posts, including overseeing Japan’s land, infrastructure, transport, and tourism policy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.