Hotsumi Ozaki

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Hotsumi Ozaki
尾崎 秀実
Born	(1901-04-29)April 29, 1901 Shirakawa, Gifu, Empire of Japan
Died	November 7, 1944(1944-11-07) (aged 43) Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Empire of Japan
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.