Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture

E223646

municipality town

Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture is a coastal Japanese town in northeastern Honshu best known as one of the municipalities hosting the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and being heavily affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture canonical	4
Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan	4
Futaba, Fukushima	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1979325 — 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: Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture
Context triple: [Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, location, Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture]

A. Taira, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Taira, located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, is a district of the city of Iwaki known as a regional commercial and administrative center.
B. Asaka, Saitama
Asaka is a suburban city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, located in the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area and known primarily as a residential and commuter town.
C. Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture
Urayasu, in Chiba Prefecture, is a coastal Japanese city best known as the home of Tokyo Disney Resort and its associated entertainment and tourism facilities.
D. Maishima
Maishima is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known for its sports facilities, event venues, and waterfront recreational areas.
E. Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Saitama Prefecture, Japan is a populous prefecture in the Kantō region just north of Tokyo, known for its role as a major residential and commercial hub as well as for hosting key national institutions.
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: Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture
Target entity description: Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture is a coastal Japanese town in northeastern Honshu best known as one of the municipalities hosting the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and being heavily affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster.

A. Taira, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Taira, located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, is a district of the city of Iwaki known as a regional commercial and administrative center.
B. Asaka, Saitama
Asaka is a suburban city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, located in the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area and known primarily as a residential and commuter town.
C. Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture
Urayasu, in Chiba Prefecture, is a coastal Japanese city best known as the home of Tokyo Disney Resort and its associated entertainment and tourism facilities.
D. Maishima
Maishima is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known for its sports facilities, event venues, and waterfront recreational areas.
E. Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Saitama Prefecture, Japan is a populous prefecture in the Kantō region just north of Tokyo, known for its role as a major residential and commercial hub as well as for hosting key national institutions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType	town in Japan ⓘ
affectedBy	2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami ⓘ Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ⓘ
bordersMunicipality	Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ Namie, Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ
bordersSea	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
evacuationOrderedIn	2011 ⓘ
governingBody	Futaba Town government ⓘ
hasAreaCodeSystem	Japanese telephone area code system ⓘ
hasCoastline	Pacific Ocean coast ⓘ
hasDisasterType	nuclear disaster impact zone ⓘ
hasPostalSystem	Japanese postal code system ⓘ
hasRailService	Jōban Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStation	Futaba Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStatus	partially repopulated after 2011 disaster ⓘ
hostsFacility	Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Fukushima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ linked to: Futaba District Tōhoku region ⓘ linked to: Tohoku
locatedInDirectionFromTokyo	northeast ⓘ
locatedOn	Honshu ⓘ Pacific coast of Japan ⓘ
notableFor	being heavily evacuated after 2011 nuclear accident ⓘ hosting Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
partOf	Futaba District ⓘ Hamadori (coastal region of Fukushima) ⓘ
prefecturalCapitalDistanceApprox	about 200 km north of Tokyo ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivityBefore2011	agriculture ⓘ employment at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ fishing ⓘ
reconstructionPolicySubject	Fukushima reconstruction and revitalization plans ⓘ
regionType	coastal town ⓘ
symbol	town bird ⓘ town flower ⓘ town tree ⓘ
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+09:00 ⓘ
wasSubjectTo	mandatory evacuation zone ⓘ nuclear exclusion zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster → location → Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant → locatedIn → Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ

Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture → borderedBy → Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ

Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture → contains → Futaba, Fukushima ⓘ