Kakuei Tanaka

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Japanese politician human prime minister of Japan

Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Label	Occurrences
Kakuei Tanaka canonical	26
Kakuei	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T51734 — 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: Kakuei Tanaka
Context triple: [Liberal Democratic Party, notableLeader, Kakuei Tanaka]

A. Nobutake Kondō
Nobutake Kondō was a senior Imperial Japanese Navy admiral who played major command roles in key Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign and other operations alongside the main carrier forces.
B. Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
C. Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
D. Tomoyuki Yamashita
Tomoyuki Yamashita was a prominent Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II, best known for his rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore and later defense of the Philippines.
E. Harukichi Hyakutake
Harukichi Hyakutake was a Japanese lieutenant general who led the Seventeenth Army in the Solomon Islands campaign during World War II, including the battles around Guadalcanal.
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: Kakuei Tanaka
Target entity description: Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.

A. Nobutake Kondō
Nobutake Kondō was a senior Imperial Japanese Navy admiral who played major command roles in key Pacific War engagements, including the Guadalcanal campaign and other operations alongside the main carrier forces.
B. Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
C. Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
D. Tomoyuki Yamashita
Tomoyuki Yamashita was a prominent Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II, best known for his rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore and later defense of the Philippines.
E. Harukichi Hyakutake
Harukichi Hyakutake was a Japanese lieutenant general who led the Seventeenth Army in the Solomon Islands campaign during World War II, including the battles around Guadalcanal.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese politician ⓘ human ⓘ prime minister of Japan ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Japanese postwar politics ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
charge	bribery ⓘ
child	Makiko Tanaka ⓘ Naoki Tanaka ⓘ
convictedOf	violating the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1918-05-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1993-12-16 ⓘ
education	Niigata Prefectural Nagaoka Commercial School (did not graduate) ⓘ
era	Shōwa period ⓘ linked to: Showa era
faction	Tanaka faction in the Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ
familyName	Tanaka ⓘ
givenName	Kakuei ⓘ linked to: Kakuei Tanaka
honorificTitle	shadow shogun ⓘ
influenced	Liberal Democratic Party factional politics ⓘ
knownFor	Lockheed bribery scandal ⓘ linked to: Lockheed bribery scandals dominant factional leader in the Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ political kingmaker in postwar Japan ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) ⓘ linked to: Liberal Democratic Party
mentorOf	Ichirō Ozawa ⓘ Noboru Takeshita ⓘ
name	Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ
nativeName	田中角栄 ⓘ
notableWork	Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron (Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago) ⓘ
occupation	businessperson ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeEnd	1974-12-09 ⓘ
officeStart	1972-07-07 ⓘ
participantIn	Lockheed bribery scandal ⓘ linked to: Lockheed bribery scandals
placeOfBirth	Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Tokyo, Japan ⓘ linked to: Tokyo
policy	Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago plan ⓘ linked to: Nihon Retto Kaizo Ron (Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago)
positionHeld	Member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
precededBy	Eisaku Satō ⓘ
primeMinisterOrder	64th Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ 65th Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
regionRepresented	Niigata Prefecture ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
residence	Tokyo, Japan ⓘ linked to: Tokyo
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Hanae Tanaka ⓘ
succeededBy	Takeo Miki ⓘ