Matsutarō Shōriki
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Matsutarō Shōriki was a powerful Japanese media mogul and politician often called the “father of Japanese professional baseball” and a key figure in the postwar development of television and nuclear power promotion in Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matsutarō Shōriki canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4544314 — 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: Matsutarō Shōriki Context triple: [Nippon Television Network, founder, Matsutarō Shōriki]
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A.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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B.
Hyakutake Seikichi
Hyakutake Seikichi was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who played a significant role during World War II.
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C.
Okamura Yasuji
Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Komura Jutarō
Komura Jutarō was a prominent Japanese diplomat and statesman of the Meiji era who played a key role in shaping Japan’s foreign policy and international standing in the early 20th century.
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E.
Ozaki Yukio
Ozaki Yukio was a prominent Japanese liberal politician and statesman, often called the "father of the Japanese Constitution," known for championing democracy and civil rights in the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- 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: Matsutarō Shōriki Target entity description: Matsutarō Shōriki was a powerful Japanese media mogul and politician often called the “father of Japanese professional baseball” and a key figure in the postwar development of television and nuclear power promotion in Japan.
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A.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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B.
Hyakutake Seikichi
Hyakutake Seikichi was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who played a significant role during World War II.
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C.
Okamura Yasuji
Okamura Yasuji was a senior Imperial Japanese Army general who played a leading role in Japan’s military campaigns in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Komura Jutarō
Komura Jutarō was a prominent Japanese diplomat and statesman of the Meiji era who played a key role in shaping Japan’s foreign policy and international standing in the early 20th century.
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E.
Ozaki Yukio
Ozaki Yukio was a prominent Japanese liberal politician and statesman, often called the "father of the Japanese Constitution," known for championing democracy and civil rights in the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball executive
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human ⓘ media executive ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Empire of Japan
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linked to:
Imperial Japan
Japan ⓘ |
| employer |
Nippon Television Network Corporation
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linked to:
Nippon Television Network
Yomiuri Shimbun ⓘ |
| familyName | Shōriki ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mass media
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nuclear power promotion ⓘ professional baseball ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| givenName | Matsutarō ⓘ |
| name | Matsutarō Shōriki ⓘ |
| nativeName | 正力 松太郎 ⓘ |
| notableAlias | father of Japanese professional baseball ⓘ |
| notableFor |
building the Yomiuri Shimbun into a major national newspaper
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founding Japan’s first commercial television network ⓘ organizing early American–Japanese professional baseball tours ⓘ promoting peaceful uses of atomic energy in Japan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of Japanese professional baseball
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development of commercial television in Japan ⓘ promotion of nuclear power in Japan ⓘ |
| occupation |
baseball executive
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journalist ⓘ media proprietor ⓘ newspaper publisher ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservative ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of State
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chairman of Yomiuri Shimbun ⓘ director of Nippon Television Network Corporation ⓘ head of Japan Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ owner of Yomiuri Giants ⓘ president of Nippon Television Network Corporation ⓘ president of Yomiuri Giants ⓘ president of Yomiuri Shimbun ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Matsutarō Shōriki Description of subject: Matsutarō Shōriki was a powerful Japanese media mogul and politician often called the “father of Japanese professional baseball” and a key figure in the postwar development of television and nuclear power promotion in Japan.
Referenced by (3)
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