Masayoshi Ōhira
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Masayoshi Ōhira was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Masayoshi Ōhira canonical | 10 |
| Masayoshi Ohira | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T305182 — 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: Masayoshi Ōhira Context triple: [Kochikai, hasNotableMember, Masayoshi Ōhira]
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A.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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B.
Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his high-contact hitting and on-base skills, who starred in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox.
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C.
Yoshio Itoi
Yoshio Itoi is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his speed, strong throwing arm, and multiple All-Star selections in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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D.
Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
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E.
Munetaka Murakami
Munetaka Murakami is a Japanese professional baseball slugger known for his prodigious power hitting and record-setting home run totals in Nippon Professional Baseball.
- 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: Masayoshi Ōhira Target entity description: Masayoshi Ōhira was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
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A.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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B.
Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his high-contact hitting and on-base skills, who starred in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox.
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C.
Yoshio Itoi
Yoshio Itoi is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder known for his speed, strong throwing arm, and multiple All-Star selections in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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D.
Hirofumi Yoshimura
Hirofumi Yoshimura is a Japanese politician who serves as the governor of Osaka Prefecture and is a prominent figure in regional reform politics.
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E.
Munetaka Murakami
Munetaka Murakami is a Japanese professional baseball slugger known for his prodigious power hitting and record-setting home run totals in Nippon Professional Baseball.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prime Minister of Japan
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| constituencyRepresented | Kagawa 1st district ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-03-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-06-12 ⓘ |
| denomination | United Church of Christ in Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Hitotsubashi University ⓘ |
| employer | Government of Japan ⓘ |
| familyName | Ōhira ⓘ |
| givenName | Masayoshi ⓘ |
| hasCabinet |
First Ōhira Cabinet
ⓘ
linked to:
Cabinet of Japan
Second Ōhira Cabinet ⓘ
linked to:
Cabinet of Japan
|
| honorificPrefix | Prime Minister ⓘ |
| ideology | conservative ⓘ |
| knownFor |
foreign policy initiatives toward China
ⓘ
leading the Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ serving as Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 to 1980 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Liberal Democratic Party
|
| name | Masayoshi Ōhira ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 大平 正芳 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Ohira Cabinet economic policies ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| office | Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup |
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Liberal Democratic Party
|
| participatedIn | Japanese general election, 1979 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kawanoe, Ehime, Japan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| positionHeld |
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan
ⓘ
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan ⓘ Minister of Finance of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Takeo Fukuda ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signature | signature of Masayoshi Ōhira ⓘ |
| spouse | Ohira Chikako ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Zenkō Suzuki
ⓘ
linked to:
Zenko Suzuki
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| termEnd | 1980-06-12 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1978-12-07 ⓘ |
| workedIn | Tokyo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Masayoshi Ōhira Description of subject: Masayoshi Ōhira was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kochikai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party
subject linked to:
Kochikai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party