Kiichirō Hiranuma
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Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese politician, jurist, and nationalist who briefly served as Prime Minister of Japan on the eve of World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kiichirō Hiranuma canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4296014 — 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: Kiichirō Hiranuma Context triple: [Fumimaro Konoe, successorAsPrimeMinister, Kiichirō Hiranuma]
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A.
Hiroshi Satō
Hiroshi Satō is a Japanese given name commonly borne by men across various professions, including business, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Hirota Kōki
Hirota Kōki was a pre-World War II Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister and later as foreign minister, playing a key role in Japan’s increasingly militaristic foreign policy during the 1930s.
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C.
Akira Satō
Akira Satō is a Japanese personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
Inejiro Asanuma
Inejiro Asanuma was a prominent Japanese socialist politician and pacifist who led the Japan Socialist Party until his high-profile assassination in 1960.
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E.
Shigeru Satō
Shigeru Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished among people sharing the surname Satō.
- 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: Kiichirō Hiranuma Target entity description: Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese politician, jurist, and nationalist who briefly served as Prime Minister of Japan on the eve of World War II.
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A.
Hiroshi Satō
Hiroshi Satō is a Japanese given name commonly borne by men across various professions, including business, sports, and the arts.
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B.
Hirota Kōki
Hirota Kōki was a pre-World War II Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister and later as foreign minister, playing a key role in Japan’s increasingly militaristic foreign policy during the 1930s.
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C.
Akira Satō
Akira Satō is a Japanese personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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D.
Inejiro Asanuma
Inejiro Asanuma was a prominent Japanese socialist politician and pacifist who led the Japan Socialist Party until his high-profile assassination in 1960.
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E.
Shigeru Satō
Shigeru Satō is a Japanese individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished among people sharing the surname Satō.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ nationalist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| convictedOf | war crimes (Class A, IMTFE) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1867-09-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1952-08-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University
ⓘ
linked to:
Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
Tokyo Imperial University ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo Daigaku
|
| endTime | 1939-08-30 ⓘ |
| era |
Shōwa period
ⓘ
linked to:
Showa era
|
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japan
|
| honorificTitle | Count (hakushaku) of the kazoku peerage ⓘ |
| ideology |
Japanese nationalism
ⓘ
right-wing nationalism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
House of Peers of Japan
ⓘ
Privy Council of Japan ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm |
Emperor Shōwa
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Hirohito
|
| name | Kiichirō Hiranuma ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 平沼 騏一郎 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in pre–World War II Japanese politics
ⓘ
serving as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939 ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ politician ⓘ prosecutor ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Second Sino-Japanese War (as political leader)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
politics of the Empire of Japan ⓘ |
| penalty | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Tsuyama, Mimasaka Province, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tsuyama, Japan
Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Tsuyama, Japan
|
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| placeOfImprisonment | Sugamo Prison ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Prosecutor of the Tokyo District Court
ⓘ
Member of the House of Peers of Japan ⓘ Minister of Home Affairs of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
内務大臣
Minister of Justice of Japan ⓘ President of the Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Lord President of the Privy Council of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Fumimaro Konoe ⓘ |
| primeMinisterOrder | 35th Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| religion |
Shinto (associated)
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linked to:
State Shinto
|
| startTime | 1939-01-05 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Nobuyuki Abe ⓘ |
| wasTriedBy | International Military Tribunal for the Far East ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kiichirō Hiranuma Description of subject: Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese politician, jurist, and nationalist who briefly served as Prime Minister of Japan on the eve of World War II.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.