Keizō Obuchi

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Prime Minister of Japan human politician

Keizō Obuchi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1998 until his sudden incapacitation in 2000.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Keizō Obuchi canonical	4
Keizo Obuchi	2
Keizō Obuchi (as Prime Minister of Japan)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3646142 — 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: Keizō Obuchi
Context triple: [Yoshirō Mori, precededBy, Keizō Obuchi]

A. Junichiro Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi is a reformist Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006, known for his charismatic style and efforts to privatize Japan’s postal system.
B. Tomiichi Murayama
Tomiichi Murayama is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the mid-1990s and is particularly known for his landmark 1995 apology acknowledging Japan’s wartime aggression and colonial rule.
C. Ryutaro Hashimoto
Ryutaro Hashimoto was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in the late 1990s, known for his administrative and financial reforms.
D. Kunio Hatoyama
Kunio Hatoyama was a Japanese politician and member of the influential Hatoyama political family who served in several ministerial posts, including as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.
E. Yasuhiro Nakasone
Yasuhiro Nakasone was a prominent Japanese statesman who served as Prime Minister in the 1980s and was known for his efforts to strengthen Japan’s international profile and pursue administrative and educational reforms.
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: Keizō Obuchi
Target entity description: Keizō Obuchi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1998 until his sudden incapacitation in 2000.

A. Junichiro Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi is a reformist Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006, known for his charismatic style and efforts to privatize Japan’s postal system.
B. Tomiichi Murayama
Tomiichi Murayama is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister in the mid-1990s and is particularly known for his landmark 1995 apology acknowledging Japan’s wartime aggression and colonial rule.
C. Ryutaro Hashimoto
Ryutaro Hashimoto was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in the late 1990s, known for his administrative and financial reforms.
D. Kunio Hatoyama
Kunio Hatoyama was a Japanese politician and member of the influential Hatoyama political family who served in several ministerial posts, including as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.
E. Yasuhiro Nakasone
Yasuhiro Nakasone was a prominent Japanese statesman who served as Prime Minister in the 1980s and was known for his efforts to strengthen Japan’s international profile and pursue administrative and educational reforms.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
burialPlace	Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ linked to: Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
child	Yūko Obuchi ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1937-06-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2000-05-14 ⓘ
educatedAt	Waseda University ⓘ
endTime	2000 (as Member of the House of Representatives) ⓘ 2000-04-05 (as Prime Minister of Japan) ⓘ
era	Heisei period ⓘ linked to: Heisei
familyName	Obuchi ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	English literature ⓘ
givenName	Keizō ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf	Japan ⓘ
honorificTitle	Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers ⓘ Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
knownFor	economic stimulus policies during Japan's late-1990s recession ⓘ foreign policy engagement in Asia ⓘ serving as Prime Minister of Japan from 1998 to 2000 ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) ⓘ linked to: Liberal Democratic Party
name	Keizō Obuchi ⓘ
nativeName	小渕恵三 ⓘ linked to: 小渕恵三
notableEvent	suffered a stroke and became incapacitated in April 2000 while in office as Prime Minister ⓘ
notableWork	Announcement of the Heisei era name ⓘ
occupation	politician ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup	Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) ⓘ linked to: Liberal Democratic Party
placeOfBirth	Nakanojō, Gunma Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Tokyo, Japan ⓘ linked to: Tokyo
politicalAlignment	conservative ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan ⓘ Member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
precededBy	Ryutaro Hashimoto (as Prime Minister of Japan) ⓘ linked to: Ryutaro Hashimoto
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Chizuko Obuchi ⓘ
startTime	1963 (as Member of the House of Representatives) ⓘ 1998-07-30 (as Prime Minister of Japan) ⓘ
succeededBy	Yoshirō Mori (as Prime Minister of Japan) ⓘ