Yoshihide Suga
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Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021, succeeding Shinzo Abe and leading the country through the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yoshihide Suga canonical | 16 |
| Yoshihide | 1 |
| 菅 義偉 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T51576 — 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: Yoshihide Suga Context triple: [Fumio Kishida, predecessor, Yoshihide Suga]
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A.
Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party who serves as the Prime Minister of Japan.
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B.
Yuko Kishida
Yuko Kishida is the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and serves as Japan’s First Lady, engaging in various diplomatic and public activities.
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C.
Shinzo Abe (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Shinzo Abe (as Minister for Foreign Affairs) was a Japanese politician who, before becoming Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, briefly held the foreign minister portfolio as part of his rapid rise within the Liberal Democratic Party.
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D.
Naruhito
Naruhito is the Emperor of Japan and the symbolic head of state of the country.
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E.
Prime Minister of Japan
The Prime Minister of Japan is the country’s chief executive and political leader, responsible for directing the national government and representing Japan domestically and internationally.
- 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: Yoshihide Suga Target entity description: Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021, succeeding Shinzo Abe and leading the country through the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A.
Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party who serves as the Prime Minister of Japan.
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B.
Yuko Kishida
Yuko Kishida is the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and serves as Japan’s First Lady, engaging in various diplomatic and public activities.
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C.
Shinzo Abe (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Shinzo Abe (as Minister for Foreign Affairs) was a Japanese politician who, before becoming Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, briefly held the foreign minister portfolio as part of his rapid rise within the Liberal Democratic Party.
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D.
Naruhito
Naruhito is the Emperor of Japan and the symbolic head of state of the country.
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E.
Prime Minister of Japan
The Prime Minister of Japan is the country’s chief executive and political leader, responsible for directing the national government and representing Japan domestically and internationally.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
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human ⓘ |
| announcedNotToRunForLDPLeadership | 2021-09 ⓘ |
| assumedLDPPresidency | 2020-09-14 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1948-12-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| cabinet |
The Cabinet
ⓘ
surface form:
Suga Cabinet
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| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Hosei University ⓘ |
| eraNameDuringTerm |
Reiwa
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surface form:
Reiwa era
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| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Suga ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | politics ⓘ |
| givenName |
Yoshihide Suga
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoshihide
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| handledCrisis | early phase of COVID-19 pandemic as Prime Minister ⓘ |
| ideology | conservatism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary at the time of his tenure
ⓘ
serving as Prime Minister of Japan after Shinzo Abe’s resignation ⓘ |
| localGovernmentExperience | Yokohama City Council member ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Liberal Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
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| monarchDuringTerm | Naruhito ⓘ |
| name | Yoshihide Suga self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Yoshihide Suga
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
菅 義偉
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| notableWork | COVID-19 pandemic response in Japan ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 2021-10-04 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 2020-09-16 ⓘ |
| oversawEvent |
2020 Summer Olympics
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surface form:
Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021)
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| parliamentaryConstituency | Kanagawa 2nd district ⓘ |
| policyFocus |
administrative reform
ⓘ
digital transformation of government ⓘ mobile phone fee reduction in Japan ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan
ⓘ
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Shinzo Abe ⓘ |
| primeMinisterOrder | 99th Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto (associated) ⓘ |
| residence |
Tokyo
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surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
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| resignedAsLDPPresident | 2021-09-29 ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Shinzo Abe ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mariko Suga ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Fumio Kishida ⓘ |
| termAsChiefCabinetSecretaryEnd | 2020-09-16 ⓘ |
| termAsChiefCabinetSecretaryStart | 2012-12-26 ⓘ |
| workedAs | secretary to a Diet member early in career ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Yoshihide Suga Description of subject: Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021, succeeding Shinzo Abe and leading the country through the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
菅 義偉
this entity surface form:
Yoshihide
subject surface form:
Shinzo Abe