Keihō
E572086
Keihō is the primary criminal law code of Japan that defines offenses and their penalties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keihō canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5677741 — 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: Keihō Context triple: [Penal Code of Japan, romanizedTitle, Keihō]
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A.
Hōshō
Hōshō was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s pioneering aircraft carrier and the world’s first purpose-built carrier to enter service.
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B.
Enyō
Enyō is a minor Greek goddess associated with war, destruction, and the bloody chaos of battle, often depicted as a companion of Ares.
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C.
Seishirō
Seishirō is a Japanese given name commonly used for male individuals.
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D.
Keiyo
Keiyo is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Keiyo people of Kenya’s Rift Valley region.
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E.
Kōgō
Kōgō is the Japanese term used to refer to the empress consort of Japan.
- 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: Keihō Target entity description: Keihō is the primary criminal law code of Japan that defines offenses and their penalties.
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A.
Hōshō
Hōshō was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s pioneering aircraft carrier and the world’s first purpose-built carrier to enter service.
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B.
Enyō
Enyō is a minor Greek goddess associated with war, destruction, and the bloody chaos of battle, often depicted as a companion of Ares.
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C.
Seishirō
Seishirō is a Japanese given name commonly used for male individuals.
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D.
Keiyo
Keiyo is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Keiyo people of Kenya’s Rift Valley region.
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E.
Kōgō
Kōgō is the Japanese term used to refer to the empress consort of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese statute
ⓘ
criminal code ⓘ |
| appliesIn | Japan ⓘ |
| basedOn | civil law tradition ⓘ |
| contains |
general provisions on criminal responsibility
ⓘ
provisions on attempt and complicity ⓘ provisions on justification and excuse ⓘ provisions on self-defense ⓘ provisions on sentencing ⓘ provisions on statute of limitations ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| defines |
criminal offenses
ⓘ
penalties for criminal offenses ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Japanese police
ⓘ
public prosecutors offices in Japan ⓘ |
| englishName | Penal Code of Japan ⓘ |
| governs |
crimes against property
ⓘ
crimes against public safety ⓘ crimes against the person ⓘ crimes against the state ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSanctions |
confiscation
ⓘ
death penalty ⓘ disqualification ⓘ fine ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ minor imprisonment ⓘ penal servitude ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European continental criminal law
ⓘ
French criminal law ⓘ German criminal law ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
Supreme Court of Japan
ⓘ
district courts of Japan ⓘ high courts of Japan ⓘ |
| isPrimaryCriminalCodeOf | Japan ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalField | criminal law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Japanese law ⓘ |
| partOf | Japanese statutory law ⓘ |
| regulates | substantive criminal law in Japan ⓘ |
| romanization | Keihō ⓘ |
| shortNameInJapanese | 刑法 ⓘ |
| subjectTo | amendment by the National Diet of Japan ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Japanese courts
ⓘ
Japanese defense attorneys ⓘ Japanese prosecutors ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Keihō Description of subject: Keihō is the primary criminal law code of Japan that defines offenses and their penalties.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Penal Code