Hisashi Owada
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Hisashi Owada is a Japanese diplomat and jurist who served as a judge and president of the International Court of Justice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hisashi Owada canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T541651 — 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: Hisashi Owada Context triple: [Empress Masako, father, Hisashi Owada]
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A.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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B.
Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
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C.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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D.
Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his high-contact hitting and on-base skills, who starred in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox.
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E.
Shigeyoshi Inoue
Shigeyoshi Inoue was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, noted for his leadership in early Pacific naval operations.
- 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: Hisashi Owada Target entity description: Hisashi Owada is a Japanese diplomat and jurist who served as a judge and president of the International Court of Justice.
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A.
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka is a Japanese engineer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for his pioneering work in mass spectrometry, particularly soft laser desorption ionization.
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B.
Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
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C.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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D.
Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his high-contact hitting and on-base skills, who starred in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox.
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E.
Shigeyoshi Inoue
Shigeyoshi Inoue was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, noted for his leadership in early Pacific naval operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
ⓘ
human ⓘ international civil servant ⓘ judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| appointedAsJudgeAt | International Court of Justice in 2003 ⓘ |
| child |
Masako, Empress of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Empress Masako
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-09-18 ⓘ |
| decoratedWith | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| employer |
Government of Japan
ⓘ
International Court of Justice ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
ⓘ
international law ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expertise in public international law
ⓘ
service as a judge of the International Court of Justice ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Institut de Droit International
ⓘ
International Court of Justice ⓘ Permanent Court of Arbitration ⓘ |
| name | Hisashi Owada ⓘ |
| nativeName |
小和田 恒
ⓘ
linked to:
小和田恒
|
| notableRole | served as President of the International Court of Justice from 2009 to 2012 ⓘ |
| notableWork | judicial opinions at the International Court of Justice ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Niigata, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Niigata
|
| positionHeld |
Ambassador of Japan to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ⓘ
Judge of the International Court of Justice ⓘ Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations ⓘ President of the International Court of Justice ⓘ President of the Japan Institute of International Affairs ⓘ Professor of International Law ⓘ Vice-President of the International Court of Justice ⓘ |
| residence | Japan ⓘ |
| retiredFromICJ | 2018 ⓘ |
| spouse | Emiko Owada ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Harvard Law School
ⓘ
New York University School of Law ⓘ University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
University of Tokyo ⓘ Waseda University ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hisashi Owada Description of subject: Hisashi Owada is a Japanese diplomat and jurist who served as a judge and president of the International Court of Justice.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.