Minister of Finance of Japan

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cabinet position government office

The Minister of Finance of Japan is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s fiscal policy, national budget, taxation, and public finance administration.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Minister of Finance of Japan canonical	8
Finance Minister of Japan	1
Minister of Finance (Japan)	1
財務大臣	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1594164 — 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: Minister of Finance of Japan
Context triple: [Ministers of State (Japan), includesOffice, Minister of Finance of Japan]

A. Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan
The Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan is a key cabinet post responsible for overseeing the country’s macroeconomic strategy, fiscal policy, and economic reform agenda.
B. Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan
The Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan was the cabinet official who oversaw the country’s postwar industrial policy, export promotion, and economic development through the powerful MITI bureaucracy.
C. Ministry of Finance (Japan)
The Ministry of Finance (Japan) is a central government ministry responsible for the country’s fiscal policy, public finance, and economic stability.
D. Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
The Deputy Prime Minister of Japan is a senior cabinet post typically held by a prominent political leader who assists and can stand in for the Prime Minister in governing the country.
E. Minister of Finance of Finland
The Minister of Finance of Finland is the cabinet-level official responsible for directing the country’s economic policy, state budget, and fiscal 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: Minister of Finance of Japan
Target entity description: The Minister of Finance of Japan is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s fiscal policy, national budget, taxation, and public finance administration.

A. Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan
The Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan is a key cabinet post responsible for overseeing the country’s macroeconomic strategy, fiscal policy, and economic reform agenda.
B. Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan
The Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan was the cabinet official who oversaw the country’s postwar industrial policy, export promotion, and economic development through the powerful MITI bureaucracy.
C. Ministry of Finance (Japan)
The Ministry of Finance (Japan) is a central government ministry responsible for the country’s fiscal policy, public finance, and economic stability.
D. Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
The Deputy Prime Minister of Japan is a senior cabinet post typically held by a prominent political leader who assists and can stand in for the Prime Minister in governing the country.
E. Minister of Finance of Finland
The Minister of Finance of Finland is the cabinet-level official responsible for directing the country’s economic policy, state budget, and fiscal administration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ government office ⓘ
appointedBy	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Bank of Japan ⓘ Financial Services Agency of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
formallyAppointedBy	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	formulation of the draft national budget of Japan ⓘ international financial negotiations on behalf of Japan ⓘ management of government assets of Japan ⓘ management of government liabilities of Japan ⓘ submission of budget bills to the Diet of Japan ⓘ tax legislation proposals in Japan ⓘ
heads	Ministry of Finance of Japan ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Finance (Japan)
inception	2001 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of Japan ⓘ
legalBasis	Cabinet Law of Japan ⓘ National Government Organization Act of Japan ⓘ
memberOf	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ National Security Council of Japan ⓘ
nativeLabel	財務大臣 ⓘ linked to: Minister of Finance of Japan
nativeLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
oversees	Budget Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan ⓘ linked to: Financial Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan) Customs and Tariff Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan ⓘ linked to: Customs and Tariff Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan) Financial Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan ⓘ linked to: Financial Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan) International Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan ⓘ Minister’s Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance of Japan ⓘ linked to: Minister’s Secretariat (Ministry of Finance, Japan) Tax Bureau of the Ministry of Finance of Japan ⓘ
participatesIn	Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan ⓘ linked to: Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
partOf	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
precededByOffice	Minister of Finance (Japan) (pre-2001 title) ⓘ
reportsTo	Diet of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
represents	Japan at G20 finance ministers’ meetings ⓘ Japan at G7 finance ministers’ meetings ⓘ Japan at International Monetary Fund meetings ⓘ Japan at World Bank meetings ⓘ
responsibleFor	customs administration in Japan ⓘ fiscal policy of Japan ⓘ foreign exchange policy coordination in Japan ⓘ government bond issuance of Japan ⓘ national budget of Japan ⓘ national treasury management of Japan ⓘ public finance administration of Japan ⓘ taxation policy of Japan ⓘ
seat	Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
sharesPowersWith	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ministers of State (Japan) → includesOffice → Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ

subject linked to: Ministers of State

Kiichi Miyazawa → positionHeld → Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ

Ministry of Finance (Japan) → officeHeldByHeadOfGovernmentOrganization → Minister of Finance (Japan) ⓘ

linked to: Minister of Finance of Japan

Ōkuma Shigenobu → positionHeld → Finance Minister of Japan ⓘ

linked to: Minister of Finance of Japan

Deputy Prime Minister of Japan → isOftenConcurrentWith → Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ

Minister of Finance of Japan → nativeLabel → 財務大臣 ⓘ

linked to: Minister of Finance of Japan

Takeo Fukuda → positionHeld → Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ

Tarō Asō → positionHeld → Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ

Takeshita Noboru → positionHeld → Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ

subject linked to: Takeshita

Matsukata Masayoshi → positionHeld → Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ

Takahashi Korekiyo → positionHeld → Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ

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