Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan

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cabinet-level position economic policy position government office

The Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan was a senior government official responsible for overseeing national economic planning and policy coordination before the agency was integrated into other ministries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan canonical	2
経済企画庁長官	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1942816 — 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: Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan
Context triple: [Kiichi Miyazawa, positionHeld, Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan]

A. 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.
B. Minister of Transport of Japan
The Minister of Transport of Japan is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s transportation policy, infrastructure, and related regulatory affairs.
C. Minister of Finance of Japan
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.
D. 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.
E. Minister for Administrative Reform of Japan
The Minister for Administrative Reform of Japan is a cabinet-level government post responsible for leading bureaucratic, regulatory, and digitalization reforms to improve the efficiency and transparency of Japan’s public 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: Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan
Target entity description: The Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan was a senior government official responsible for overseeing national economic planning and policy coordination before the agency was integrated into other ministries.

A. 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.
B. Minister of Transport of Japan
The Minister of Transport of Japan is the cabinet official responsible for overseeing the country’s transportation policy, infrastructure, and related regulatory affairs.
C. Minister of Finance of Japan
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.
D. 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.
E. Minister for Administrative Reform of Japan
The Minister for Administrative Reform of Japan is a cabinet-level government post responsible for leading bureaucratic, regulatory, and digitalization reforms to improve the efficiency and transparency of Japan’s public administration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet-level position ⓘ economic policy position ⓘ government office ⓘ
abolishedAsPartOf	central government reorganization of Japan in 2001 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
appointedBy	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Bank of Japan ⓘ Ministry of Finance of Japan ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Finance other economic ministries of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	coordination of government economic measures ⓘ formulation of comprehensive economic plans ⓘ
headOf	Economic Planning Agency of Japan ⓘ
historyNote	position existed before integration of the Economic Planning Agency into other ministries ⓘ
jurisdiction	national economy of Japan ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Kasumigaseki ⓘ Tokyo Metropolis ⓘ linked to: Tokyo Prefecture
memberOf	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
nativeLabel	経済企画庁長官 ⓘ linked to: Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan
officeHeldBy	Japanese politician ⓘ cabinet minister of Japan ⓘ member of the National Diet ⓘ
officeType	ministerial-level office ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ Government of Japan ⓘ
positionStatus	abolished ⓘ
replacedAlongWith	Economic Planning Agency of Japan ⓘ
replacedBy	Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy ⓘ linked to: Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan
reportsTo	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordination of economic policies among ministries ⓘ economic growth strategy ⓘ economic policy formulation ⓘ long-term economic plans ⓘ macroeconomic policy coordination ⓘ medium-term economic plans ⓘ national economic planning ⓘ
seat	Tokyo ⓘ
sector	economic policy ⓘ macroeconomic planning ⓘ national development planning ⓘ
supervises	Economic Planning Agency of Japan ⓘ
temporalQualification	20th century Japan ⓘ
usedFor	coordination of postwar economic growth policies ⓘ
worksOn	economic forecasts ⓘ fiscal and economic outlooks ⓘ national development plans ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Kiichi Miyazawa → positionHeld → Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan ⓘ

Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan → nativeLabel → 経済企画庁長官 ⓘ

linked to: Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan

Takeo Fukuda → positionHeld → Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan ⓘ

河野一郎 → positionHeld → 経済企画庁長官 ⓘ