Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

E89704

city municipality

Yokosuka, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a major naval port city hosting both Japanese and U.S. military bases and serving as an important maritime and industrial center.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan	12
Yokosuka, Japan	10
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan canonical	8
Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture	2
Oppama, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan	1
city of Yokosuka	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T541729 — 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: Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Context triple: [Junichiro Koizumi, placeOfBirth, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan]

A. Tsuyama, Japan
Tsuyama, Japan is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture known for its well-preserved castle ruins, traditional townscape, and famous cherry blossom viewing spots.
B. Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Kashiwara is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and historical area within the Kansai region.
C. Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
Uruma is a coastal city in central Okinawa, Japan, known for its U.S. military presence, scenic islands connected by long bridges, and role as a regional residential and commercial hub.
D. Osugi, Shikoku, Japan
Osugi in Shikoku, Japan is a small rural locality best known as the birthplace of World War II-era Imperial Japanese Army general Tomoyuki Yamashita.
E. Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Kure, in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, is a historic port city renowned as a major naval base and shipbuilding center, particularly prominent during the early 20th century.
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: Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Target entity description: Yokosuka, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a major naval port city hosting both Japanese and U.S. military bases and serving as an important maritime and industrial center.

A. Tsuyama, Japan
Tsuyama, Japan is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture known for its well-preserved castle ruins, traditional townscape, and famous cherry blossom viewing spots.
B. Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Kashiwara is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and historical area within the Kansai region.
C. Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
Uruma is a coastal city in central Okinawa, Japan, known for its U.S. military presence, scenic islands connected by long bridges, and role as a regional residential and commercial hub.
D. Osugi, Shikoku, Japan
Osugi in Shikoku, Japan is a small rural locality best known as the birthplace of World War II-era Imperial Japanese Army general Tomoyuki Yamashita.
E. Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Kure, in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, is a historic port city renowned as a major naval base and shipbuilding center, particularly prominent during the early 20th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
borderedBy	Hayama ⓘ Miura ⓘ Yokohama ⓘ Zushi ⓘ linked to: Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture
country	Japan ⓘ
governedBy	Yokosuka City Government ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Sagami Bay ⓘ Tokyo Bay ⓘ
hasIndustry	defense-related manufacturing ⓘ heavy industry ⓘ maritime logistics ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
hasLandmark	Battleship Mikasa memorial ⓘ Kannonzaki Lighthouse ⓘ Mikasa Park ⓘ Sarushima Island ⓘ linked to: Sarushima
hasPort	Yokosuka Port ⓘ
hasRole	industrial city ⓘ maritime center ⓘ naval port city ⓘ
hasSisterCity	Bremerton, Washington, United States ⓘ linked to: Bremerton Corpus Christi, Texas, United States ⓘ Vladivostok, Russia ⓘ linked to: Vladivostok
hasTransport	JR Yokosuka Line ⓘ linked to: Yokosuka Line Keikyū Main Line ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Mayor of Yokosuka ⓘ
hosts	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka Naval Base ⓘ Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force base ⓘ linked to: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka Naval Base U.S. Navy base ⓘ United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka ⓘ linked to: Fleet Activities Yokosuka
isHomePortOf	U.S. Seventh Fleet ⓘ linked to: Seventh Fleet various JMSDF vessels ⓘ
knownFor	large naval facilities ⓘ maritime defense activities ⓘ port infrastructure ⓘ presence of U.S. military ⓘ shipbuilding industry ⓘ
languageUsed	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ Kantō region ⓘ
locatedOn	Miura Peninsula ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Tokyo ⓘ Yokohama ⓘ
partOf	Greater Tokyo Area ⓘ linked to: Tokyo metropolitan area
subdivisionType	core city ⓘ
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset	+9 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Junichiro Koizumi → placeOfBirth → Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan ⓘ

United States Seventh Fleet → headquartersLocation → Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan ⓘ

subject linked to: Seventh Fleet

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology → headquartersLocation → Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ⓘ