Makiko Tanaka
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Makiko Tanaka is a Japanese politician and former foreign minister, known as the outspoken daughter of influential former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Makiko Tanaka canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T895327 — 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: Makiko Tanaka Context triple: [Kakuei Tanaka, child, Makiko Tanaka]
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A.
Yuriko Kikuchi
Yuriko Kikuchi, better known professionally as Rinko Kikuchi, is a Japanese actress acclaimed for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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B.
Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese conservative politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has served in several ministerial posts and is known for her bids for party leadership and advocacy of hawkish security and traditionalist social policies.
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C.
Reiko Yamamoto
Reiko Yamamoto was the wife of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the famed commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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D.
Hisako Nagayama
Hisako Nagayama was the wife of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita, who was a prominent military leader during World War II.
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E.
Michiko Shōda
Michiko Shōda, later Empress Michiko, is the former Empress consort of Japan and the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family.
- 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: Makiko Tanaka Target entity description: Makiko Tanaka is a Japanese politician and former foreign minister, known as the outspoken daughter of influential former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
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A.
Yuriko Kikuchi
Yuriko Kikuchi, better known professionally as Rinko Kikuchi, is a Japanese actress acclaimed for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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B.
Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese conservative politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has served in several ministerial posts and is known for her bids for party leadership and advocacy of hawkish security and traditionalist social policies.
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C.
Reiko Yamamoto
Reiko Yamamoto was the wife of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the famed commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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D.
Hisako Nagayama
Hisako Nagayama was the wife of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita, who was a prominent military leader during World War II.
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E.
Michiko Shōda
Michiko Shōda, later Empress Michiko, is the former Empress consort of Japan and the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
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human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-01-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Aoyama Gakuin University ⓘ |
| electedIn | 1974 Japanese general election ⓘ |
| electedTo | House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ |
| endTime |
2002-01-30
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2012-12-26 ⓘ |
| familyName | Tanaka ⓘ |
| father | Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ |
| givenName | Makiko ⓘ |
| hasChild | Mayuko Tanaka ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalIdeology | reformist conservatism ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Kakuei Tanaka
ⓘ
Mayuko Tanaka ⓘ Naoki Tanaka ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party (Japan)
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Liberal Democratic Party
New Party Nippon ⓘ |
| mother | Hana Tanaka ⓘ |
| name | Makiko Tanaka ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka
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criticism of bureaucratic establishment ⓘ first female foreign minister of Japan ⓘ outspoken political style ⓘ |
| notableWork | political reform advocacy ⓘ |
| occupation |
government minister
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politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Japan
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Niigata Prefecture ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan ⓘ |
| positionHeldContext |
first election to the House of Representatives of Japan
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term as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ term as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan ⓘ |
| representedDistrict |
Niigata 3rd district
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Niigata 5th district ⓘ
linked to:
Niigata 3rd district
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Naoki Tanaka ⓘ |
| startTime |
1974
ⓘ
2001-04-26 ⓘ 2012-10-01 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Tokyo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Makiko Tanaka Description of subject: Makiko Tanaka is a Japanese politician and former foreign minister, known as the outspoken daughter of influential former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.