Inukai Tsuyoshi
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Inukai Tsuyoshi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the early 1930s and was assassinated during the May 15 Incident, marking a key step in the rise of militarism in Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inukai Tsuyoshi canonical | 12 |
| Inukai | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3078320 — 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: Inukai Tsuyoshi Context triple: [Rikken Kaishintō, notableMember, Inukai Tsuyoshi]
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A.
Takakichi Aso
Takakichi Aso was a Japanese businessman and politician who led the Aso mining and cement conglomerate and served in the House of Representatives.
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B.
Koki Hirota
Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister in the 1930s and was later executed for war crimes after World War II.
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C.
Minami Jirō
Minami Jirō was a Japanese army general and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor-General of Korea during Japan’s occupation in the early 20th century.
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D.
Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese prince and politician who served multiple times as prime minister and played a central role in Japan’s political and military escalation leading up to and during the early years of World War II.
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E.
Hara Takashi
Hara Takashi was a Japanese politician who became the first commoner to serve as Prime Minister of Japan during the early Taishō period.
- 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: Inukai Tsuyoshi Target entity description: Inukai Tsuyoshi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the early 1930s and was assassinated during the May 15 Incident, marking a key step in the rise of militarism in Japan.
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A.
Takakichi Aso
Takakichi Aso was a Japanese businessman and politician who led the Aso mining and cement conglomerate and served in the House of Representatives.
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B.
Koki Hirota
Koki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister in the 1930s and was later executed for war crimes after World War II.
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C.
Minami Jirō
Minami Jirō was a Japanese army general and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor-General of Korea during Japan’s occupation in the early 20th century.
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D.
Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoe was a Japanese prince and politician who served multiple times as prime minister and played a central role in Japan’s political and military escalation leading up to and during the early years of World War II.
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E.
Hara Takashi
Hara Takashi was a Japanese politician who became the first commoner to serve as Prime Minister of Japan during the early Taishō period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese politician
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese naval officers involved in May 15 Incident
ⓘ
civilian government of prewar Japan ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1855-06-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Okayama Domain
ⓘ
present-day Okayama Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Somei Cemetery, Tokyo
ⓘ
linked to:
Somei Cemetery
|
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| child | Inukai Takeru ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1932-05-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| education | studied Chinese classics in Okayama ⓘ |
| era |
Taishō period
ⓘ
linked to:
Taisho era
early Shōwa period ⓘ |
| familyName |
Inukai
ⓘ
linked to:
Inukai Tsuyoshi
|
| givenName | Tsuyoshi ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Count (hakushaku) of the kazoku peerage ⓘ |
| ideology | constitutionalism ⓘ |
| killedIn | May 15 Incident ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of parliamentary government
ⓘ
criticism of the London Naval Treaty ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Rikken Seiyūkai ⓘ |
| name | Inukai Tsuyoshi ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableEvent | May 15 Incident ⓘ |
| notableFor |
assassination by young naval officers
ⓘ
being the last prewar Japanese Prime Minister from a major political party ⓘ opposition to unchecked military expansion ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | leadership of Rikken Seiyūkai ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Home Minister of Japan
ⓘ
Minister of Communications of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ member of the House of Representatives of the Empire of Japan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Wakatsuki Reijirō ⓘ |
| religion |
Shinto (cultural)
ⓘ
linked to:
Shinto
|
| significantImpact |
rise of militarism in Japan
ⓘ
weakening of party politics in prewar Japan ⓘ |
| spouse | Inukai Taki ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Saitō Makoto ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1932-05-15 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1931-12-13 ⓘ |
| workedAs | newspaper editor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Inukai Tsuyoshi Description of subject: Inukai Tsuyoshi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the early 1930s and was assassinated during the May 15 Incident, marking a key step in the rise of militarism in Japan.
Referenced by (13)
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