Sony Building

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commercial building corporate headquarters building office building skyscraper

Sony Building, formerly known as Sony Tower, is a prominent commercial skyscraper associated with Sony that serves as an office and showcase space for the company’s products and brand.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sony Building canonical	5
Ginza Sony Park project	1
Sony Building site	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3699658 — 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: Sony Building
Context triple: [Sony Tower, formerName, Sony Building]

A. Fuji Television Building
The Fuji Television Building is a landmark futuristic headquarters of Fuji TV in Tokyo, renowned for its striking modernist architecture featuring a prominent spherical observation deck.
B. Shinjuku Nomura Building
Shinjuku Nomura Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its observation facilities, corporate offices, and dining options.
C. Shinjuku Mitsui Building
Shinjuku Mitsui Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku business district, known for its distinctive modernist design and role as a major commercial hub.
D. Shinjuku Sumitomo Building
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its distinctive triangular design and role as a major business landmark.
E. Shinjuku Center Building
Shinjuku Center Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku business district, known for its distinctive modern architecture and panoramic city views.
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: Sony Building
Target entity description: Sony Building, formerly known as Sony Tower, is a prominent commercial skyscraper associated with Sony that serves as an office and showcase space for the company’s products and brand.

A. Fuji Television Building
The Fuji Television Building is a landmark futuristic headquarters of Fuji TV in Tokyo, renowned for its striking modernist architecture featuring a prominent spherical observation deck.
B. Shinjuku Nomura Building
Shinjuku Nomura Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its observation facilities, corporate offices, and dining options.
C. Shinjuku Mitsui Building
Shinjuku Mitsui Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku business district, known for its distinctive modernist design and role as a major commercial hub.
D. Shinjuku Sumitomo Building
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, known for its distinctive triangular design and role as a major business landmark.
E. Shinjuku Center Building
Shinjuku Center Building is a prominent high-rise office skyscraper in Tokyo’s Shinjuku business district, known for its distinctive modern architecture and panoramic city views.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial building ⓘ corporate headquarters building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernist architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Sony ⓘ
brandFunction	brand promotion space for Sony ⓘ showcase space for Sony products ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Chūō, Tokyo ⓘ Office buildings in Japan ⓘ Skyscrapers in Tokyo ⓘ Sony buildings ⓘ
city	Tokyo ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
demolitionDate	2017 ⓘ
developer	Sony ⓘ
floorCount	8 ⓘ
formerName	Sony Tower ⓘ
function	corporate office space for Sony ⓘ flagship showroom for Sony ⓘ
hasBasementLevels	5 ⓘ
hasFeature	event spaces for product launches ⓘ multi-level exhibition spaces ⓘ public plaza at street level ⓘ retail stores for Sony products ⓘ
locatedIn	Ginza ⓘ
material	concrete ⓘ glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
neighborhood	Chūō, Tokyo ⓘ
notableFor	interactive Sony product showrooms ⓘ prominent location at Sukiyabashi Crossing in Ginza ⓘ
openingDate	1966 ⓘ
owner	Sony ⓘ
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
replacedBy	Ginza Sony Park ⓘ
significance	landmark of Ginza commercial district ⓘ symbol of Sony’s corporate identity in Tokyo ⓘ
use	exhibition space ⓘ office ⓘ retail ⓘ showroom ⓘ