Hotsumi Ozaki
Hotsumi Ozaki | |
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尾崎 秀実 | |
| Born | April 29, 1901 |
| Died | November 7, 1944 (aged 43) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Spy |
| Spouse | Eiko |
| Children | Yoko |
Hotsumi Ozaki (尾崎 秀実, Ozaki Hotsumi, April 29, 1901 – November 7, 1944) was a Japanese journalist working for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, communist, Soviet intelligence agent, and advisor to Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe. The only Japanese person to be hanged for treason (under the provisions of the Peace Preservation Law) by the Imperial Japanese government during World War II, Ozaki is well known as an informant of the Soviet agent Richard Sorge.