Bank of Japan Head Office Building

E134097

bank headquarters building headquarters

The Bank of Japan Head Office Building is the central headquarters of Japan’s central bank, known for its historic Western-style architecture in Tokyo’s financial district.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Bank of Japan Head Office	6
Bank of Japan head office	2
Bank of Japan Head Office Building canonical	1
Bank of Japan Head Office vicinity	1
Bank of Japan Head Office vicinity (Nihonbashi)	1
Bank of Japan headquarters	1
Bank of Japan main building in Tokyo	1
日本銀行大阪支店旧館	1
日本銀行本店	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1114147 — 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: Bank of Japan Head Office Building
Context triple: [Bank of Japan, hasBuilding, Bank of Japan Head Office Building]

A. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is a landmark twin-tower skyscraper in Shinjuku, Tokyo, known for housing the city’s government offices and offering public observation decks with panoramic views.
B. Fuji Television Building
The Fuji Television Building is a landmark futuristic headquarters of Fuji TV in Tokyo, renowned for its striking modernist architecture featuring a prominent spherical observation deck.
C. Supreme Court of Japan Building
The Supreme Court of Japan Building is the official courthouse complex in Tokyo that houses Japan’s highest judicial authority.
D. Dai-Ichi Seimei Building, Tokyo
The Dai-Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo is a historic office building best known for serving as General Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters during the Allied occupation of Japan after World War II.
E. Japan Society building
The Japan Society building is the New York City headquarters of the Japan Society, known for its modernist architecture and role as a cultural center promoting Japanese arts, education, and U.S.–Japan relations.
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: Bank of Japan Head Office Building
Target entity description: The Bank of Japan Head Office Building is the central headquarters of Japan’s central bank, known for its historic Western-style architecture in Tokyo’s financial district.

A. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is a landmark twin-tower skyscraper in Shinjuku, Tokyo, known for housing the city’s government offices and offering public observation decks with panoramic views.
B. Fuji Television Building
The Fuji Television Building is a landmark futuristic headquarters of Fuji TV in Tokyo, renowned for its striking modernist architecture featuring a prominent spherical observation deck.
C. Supreme Court of Japan Building
The Supreme Court of Japan Building is the official courthouse complex in Tokyo that houses Japan’s highest judicial authority.
D. Dai-Ichi Seimei Building, Tokyo
The Dai-Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo is a historic office building best known for serving as General Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters during the Allied occupation of Japan after World War II.
E. Japan Society building
The Japan Society building is the New York City headquarters of the Japan Society, known for its modernist architecture and role as a cultural center promoting Japanese arts, education, and U.S.–Japan relations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bank headquarters ⓘ building ⓘ headquarters ⓘ
address	2-1-1 Nihonbashi-Hongokuchō, Chūō-ku, Tokyo ⓘ
architect	Tatsuno Kingo ⓘ Uheiji Nagano ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Renaissance Revival style ⓘ Western-style architecture ⓘ
city	Tokyo ⓘ
completionDate	1896 ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
designatedAsImportantCulturalPropertyYear	1974 ⓘ
designatedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ
designation	Important Cultural Property ⓘ
floorCount	3 above ground ⓘ
function	central bank operations ⓘ headquarters of the Bank of Japan ⓘ
hasBasement	yes ⓘ
hasFeature	central courtyard ⓘ copper roof ⓘ symmetrical façade ⓘ vault facilities ⓘ
hasPart	annex building ⓘ main building ⓘ underground vaults ⓘ
hasTour	limited public tours ⓘ
heritageStatus	Important Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ linked to: Important Cultural Properties of Japan
inaugurationDate	1896 ⓘ
inspiredBy	National Bank of Belgium building in Brussels ⓘ
locatedIn	Chūō, Tokyo ⓘ Nihonbashi district ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ Tokyo financial district ⓘ linked to: Otemachi
material	stone ⓘ
near	Nihonbashi Bridge ⓘ Tokyo Station ⓘ
notableFor	historic Western-style architecture in Tokyo’s financial district ⓘ symbol of Japan’s modern financial system ⓘ
occupant	Bank of Japan ⓘ
ownedBy	Bank of Japan ⓘ
region	Kantō region ⓘ
securityLevel	high security facility ⓘ
startDate	1890 ⓘ
usedFor	currency issuance management ⓘ financial system oversight ⓘ monetary policy operations ⓘ

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