Ministry of Finance

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finance ministry government ministry

The Ministry of Finance is Japan’s central government agency responsible for national fiscal policy, budgeting, taxation, and public finance management.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Finance canonical	2
Ministry of Finance of Japan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6356841 — 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: Ministry of Finance
Context triple: [Japanese government ministries, includes, Ministry of Finance]

A. Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is the Government of India’s key economic ministry responsible for managing public finances, taxation, economic policy, and the preparation of the national budget.
B. Ministry of the Treasury
The Ministry of the Treasury was a former Italian government department responsible for managing the state’s public finances, budget, and economic policy before its functions were absorbed into the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
C. Department of Finance
The Department of Finance is an academic unit within the Haslam College of Business that focuses on teaching and research in financial management, markets, and institutions.
D. Department of Finance
The Department of Finance is an academic unit specializing in finance education and research within the Edwards School of Business.
E. Department of Finance
The Department of Finance is an academic unit within the Robert H. Smith School of Business that focuses on education and research in financial theory, markets, and corporate finance.
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: Ministry of Finance
Target entity description: The Ministry of Finance is Japan’s central government agency responsible for national fiscal policy, budgeting, taxation, and public finance management.

A. Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is the Government of India’s key economic ministry responsible for managing public finances, taxation, economic policy, and the preparation of the national budget.
B. Ministry of the Treasury
The Ministry of the Treasury was a former Italian government department responsible for managing the state’s public finances, budget, and economic policy before its functions were absorbed into the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
C. Department of Finance
The Department of Finance is an academic unit within the Haslam College of Business that focuses on teaching and research in financial management, markets, and institutions.
D. Department of Finance
The Department of Finance is an academic unit specializing in finance education and research within the Edwards School of Business.
E. Department of Finance
The Department of Finance is a Prince William County government agency responsible for managing the county’s financial operations, including budgeting, revenue collection, and fiscal reporting.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	finance ministry ⓘ government ministry ⓘ
budget	national budget of Japan ⓘ
coordinatesFiscalPolicyWith	Bank of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
dateFormed	1949 ⓘ
employs	career bureaucrats of the Japanese civil service ⓘ
formedFrom	Ministry of Finance of the Empire of Japan ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Finance (Japan)
governs	fiscal rules for central government ⓘ standards for public accounting in central government ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	MOF ⓘ
hasJapaneseAbbreviation	財務省 ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Finance (Japan)
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.mof.go.jp/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ linked to: Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo
jurisdiction	Government of Japan ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
nativeName	財務省 ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Finance (Japan)
nativeNameLanguage	ja ⓘ
oversees	Financial Services Agency (Japan) ⓘ linked to: Financial Services Agency of Japan Japan Customs ⓘ linked to: Customs and Tariff Bureau (Ministry of Finance, Japan) Japan Mint ⓘ National Printing Bureau (Japan) ⓘ National Tax Agency (Japan) ⓘ
participatesIn	G7 finance ministers’ meetings ⓘ linked to: G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors pre‑summit meetings IMF and World Bank meetings ⓘ linked to: IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings
partOf	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
precededBy	Ōkura-shō ⓘ
responsibleFor	collection of national taxes through subordinate agencies ⓘ customs administration in Japan ⓘ foreign exchange policy in Japan ⓘ formulation of fiscal policy guidelines ⓘ government bond issuance in Japan ⓘ international financial relations of Japan ⓘ management of Japan’s public debt ⓘ national budget of Japan ⓘ national fiscal policy of Japan ⓘ preparation of the draft national budget ⓘ public finance management in Japan ⓘ tariff policy in Japan ⓘ taxation policy in Japan ⓘ
sector	macroeconomic policy ⓘ public finance ⓘ tax administration ⓘ
shortName	MOF ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	central government agency ⓘ

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Japanese government ministries → includes → Ministry of Finance ⓘ

Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency of Japan → collaboratesWith → Ministry of Finance of Japan ⓘ

linked to: Ministry of Finance

Zaimu-shō → EnglishName → Ministry of Finance ⓘ

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