Koki Hirota
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Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister in the 1930s and was later executed for war crimes after World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Koki Hirota canonical | 5 |
| Kōki Hirota | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1417152 — 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: Koki Hirota Context triple: [International Military Tribunal for the Far East, notableDefendant, Koki Hirota]
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A.
Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese prince and politician who served multiple times as prime minister and played a central role in Japan’s political and military escalation leading up to and during the early years of World War II.
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B.
Shigeru Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and statesman who led Japan’s post–World War II recovery and helped shape its pacifist constitution and pro-Western foreign policy.
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C.
Nobusuke Kishi
Nobusuke Kishi was a prominent Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister from 1957 to 1960 and played a key role in postwar Japan’s political and economic direction.
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D.
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese military leader and statesman who helped modernize Japan’s army and twice served as Prime Minister.
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E.
Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki was a Japanese general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and played a key role in Japan’s wartime administration.
- 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: Koki Hirota Target entity description: Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister in the 1930s and was later executed for war crimes after World War II.
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A.
Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese prince and politician who served multiple times as prime minister and played a central role in Japan’s political and military escalation leading up to and during the early years of World War II.
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B.
Shigeru Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and statesman who led Japan’s post–World War II recovery and helped shape its pacifist constitution and pro-Western foreign policy.
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C.
Nobusuke Kishi
Nobusuke Kishi was a prominent Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister from 1957 to 1960 and played a key role in postwar Japan’s political and economic direction.
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D.
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese military leader and statesman who helped modernize Japan’s army and twice served as Prime Minister.
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E.
Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki was a Japanese general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and played a key role in Japan’s wartime administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese diplomat
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Japanese politician ⓘ human ⓘ prime minister of Japan ⓘ |
| ambassadorTo | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1878-02-14 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Hirota Koki
ⓘ
linked to:
Hirota Kōki
|
| burialPlace |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| causeOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| convictedBy | International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
crimes against peace
ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1948-12-23 ⓘ |
| educatedIn | law ⓘ |
| education | Tokyo Imperial University ⓘ |
| era |
Shōwa period
ⓘ
linked to:
Showa era
|
| executedBy |
Allied occupation authorities in Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Allied occupation of Japan
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being convicted and executed as a Class A war criminal after World War II
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serving as Foreign Minister during Japan’s expansion in East Asia ⓘ serving as Prime Minister of Japan in the mid-1930s ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTermAsPrimeMinister | Emperor Hirohito ⓘ |
| name | Koki Hirota ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 広田 弘毅 ⓘ |
| negotiated | restoration of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union in the 1920s ⓘ |
| notableWork | Hirota–Laval Pact ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | International Military Tribunal for the Far East (as defendant) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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linked to:
Fukuoka
|
| placeOfDeath |
Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Sugamo Prison
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| politicalAlignment | militarist government of prewar Japan ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the House of Peers of Japan
ⓘ
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| predecessorAsForeignMinister | Yoshiyuki Tsurumi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsPrimeMinister | Keisuke Okada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| successorAsForeignMinister | Hachiro Arita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsPrimeMinister | Senjuro Hayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEndAsForeignMinister | 1936-03-09 ⓘ |
| termEndAsPrimeMinister | 1937-02-02 ⓘ |
| termStartAsForeignMinister | 1933-09-09 ⓘ |
| termStartAsPrimeMinister | 1936-03-09 ⓘ |
| workedFor | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Koki Hirota Description of subject: Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister in the 1930s and was later executed for war crimes after World War II.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Koki Hirota
subject linked to:
Prime Minister Keisuke Okada
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linked to: Koki Hirota
linked to: Koki Hirota
linked to: Koki Hirota