Peace Clause
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The Peace Clause is the nickname for Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution, which renounces war and prohibits Japan from maintaining traditional military forces for warfare.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peace Clause canonical | 2 |
| Pacifist Clause | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1152176 — 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: Peace Clause Context triple: [Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan, alsoKnownAs, Peace Clause]
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A.
Treaty of Amiens
The Treaty of Amiens was a 1802 peace agreement between France and the United Kingdom that temporarily ended hostilities during the French Revolutionary Wars before conflict resumed in the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Pact of Paris
The Pact of Paris is the common name for the 1928 international agreement in which signatory states renounced war as an instrument of national policy.
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C.
Twelve Years' Truce
The Twelve Years' Truce was a temporary ceasefire (1609–1621) between Spain and the Dutch Republic that effectively recognized Dutch independence and paused the Eighty Years' War.
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D.
Definitive Treaty of Peace
The Definitive Treaty of Peace is the 1783 agreement that formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain.
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E.
Convention of 1800
The Convention of 1800 was a diplomatic agreement between the United States and France that ended the Quasi-War and normalized relations by dissolving their Revolutionary-era alliance.
- 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: Peace Clause Target entity description: The Peace Clause is the nickname for Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution, which renounces war and prohibits Japan from maintaining traditional military forces for warfare.
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A.
Treaty of Amiens
The Treaty of Amiens was a 1802 peace agreement between France and the United Kingdom that temporarily ended hostilities during the French Revolutionary Wars before conflict resumed in the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Pact of Paris
The Pact of Paris is the common name for the 1928 international agreement in which signatory states renounced war as an instrument of national policy.
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C.
Twelve Years' Truce
The Twelve Years' Truce was a temporary ceasefire (1609–1621) between Spain and the Dutch Republic that effectively recognized Dutch independence and paused the Eighty Years' War.
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D.
Definitive Treaty of Peace
The Definitive Treaty of Peace is the 1783 agreement that formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States from Great Britain.
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E.
Convention of 1800
The Convention of 1800 was a diplomatic agreement between the United States and France that ended the Quasi-War and normalized relations by dissolving their Revolutionary-era alliance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional provision
ⓘ
nickname ⓘ |
| adoptedIn | 1947 ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
prevent Japan from engaging in war
ⓘ
promote international peace based on justice and order ⓘ |
| allows | existence of forces interpreted as self-defense forces ⓘ |
| cameIntoForceOn | 1947-05-03 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| debatedIn |
Japanese Diet
ⓘ
linked to:
Diet of Japan
Japanese public opinion ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Article 9
ⓘ
No-war clause ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
Japan Self-Defense Forces
ⓘ
Japan’s participation in collective self-defense ⓘ Japan’s security policy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Peace Clause ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 日本国憲法第9条 ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Paragraph 1
ⓘ
Paragraph 2 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
United States occupation authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
United States military authorities
pacifist movements in Japan ⓘ post–World War II occupation of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Allied occupation of Japan
|
| interpretedBy |
Government of Japan
ⓘ
Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| legalForm | article of constitution ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Japanese law ⓘ |
| nicknameOf | Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| partOf | Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| prohibits |
Japan from waging war as a sovereign right of the nation
ⓘ
maintenance of traditional military forces for warfare ⓘ maintenance of war potential ⓘ threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes ⓘ |
| refersTo | Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter
ⓘ
collective self-defense ⓘ pacifist constitution ⓘ |
| states |
land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained
ⓘ
the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation ⓘ the right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized ⓘ |
| subject |
collective security
ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ renunciation of war ⓘ self-defense ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Peace Clause Description of subject: The Peace Clause is the nickname for Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution, which renounces war and prohibits Japan from maintaining traditional military forces for warfare.
Referenced by (3)
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