Asahi Prize
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The Asahi Prize is a prestigious Japanese award recognizing outstanding achievements in fields such as academics, arts, and culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asahi Prize canonical | 14 |
| Asahi Award | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1593915 — 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: Asahi Prize Context triple: [Syukuro Manabe, awardReceived, Asahi Prize]
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A.
Yomiuri Prize for Literature
The Yomiuri Prize for Literature is a prestigious Japanese literary award established by the Yomiuri Shimbun to honor outstanding works of fiction, drama, poetry, criticism, and scholarship.
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B.
Akutagawa Prize
The Akutagawa Prize is one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards, given biannually to emerging authors of serious fiction.
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C.
Tanizaki Prize
The Tanizaki Prize is a prestigious Japanese literary award given annually for outstanding works of fiction or drama.
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D.
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize is a Japanese award that honors individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the preservation, creation, and promotion of Asian cultures.
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E.
Toppan Prize
The Toppan Prize is a prestigious academic award at Harvard University recognizing outstanding doctoral dissertations in the social sciences.
- 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: Asahi Prize Target entity description: The Asahi Prize is a prestigious Japanese award recognizing outstanding achievements in fields such as academics, arts, and culture.
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A.
Yomiuri Prize for Literature
The Yomiuri Prize for Literature is a prestigious Japanese literary award established by the Yomiuri Shimbun to honor outstanding works of fiction, drama, poetry, criticism, and scholarship.
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B.
Akutagawa Prize
The Akutagawa Prize is one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards, given biannually to emerging authors of serious fiction.
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C.
Tanizaki Prize
The Tanizaki Prize is a prestigious Japanese literary award given annually for outstanding works of fiction or drama.
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D.
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize is a Japanese award that honors individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the preservation, creation, and promotion of Asian cultures.
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E.
Toppan Prize
The Toppan Prize is a prestigious academic award at Harvard University recognizing outstanding doctoral dissertations in the social sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese award
ⓘ
award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Asahi Award
ⓘ
linked to:
Asahi Prize
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| awardFor |
contributions to society
ⓘ
outstanding achievements in academics ⓘ outstanding achievements in arts ⓘ outstanding achievements in culture ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of Japan's most prestigious private-sector awards ⓘ |
| field |
cultural activities
ⓘ
fine arts ⓘ humanities ⓘ literature ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ performing arts ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1929 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
academic award
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arts award ⓘ cultural award ⓘ |
| hasPart |
award ceremony
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commendation certificate ⓘ monetary award ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/asahi/ ⓘ |
| inception | 1929 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| location | Tokyo ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Asahi Shimbun ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Akira Kurosawa
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Hayao Kawai ⓘ Takeshi Kitano ⓘ Toru Takemitsu ⓘ Toshihiko Izutsu ⓘ Yukio Mishima ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Asahi Shimbun newspaper
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linked to:
Asahi Shimbun
The Asahi Shimbun Company ⓘ
linked to:
Asahi Shimbun
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| selectionProcess | selection by committee organized by Asahi Shimbun ⓘ |
| sponsor |
The Asahi Shimbun Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Asahi Shimbun
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Asahi Prize Description of subject: The Asahi Prize is a prestigious Japanese award recognizing outstanding achievements in fields such as academics, arts, and culture.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Asahi Prize