Takeo Yoshikawa

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Takeo Yoshikawa (吉川 猛夫 Yoshikawa Takeo, born 1916) was a Japanese spy in Hawaii during World War II. He is also known as Tadashi Morimura (森村 正 Morimura Tadashi). Over the years, the mysterious spies of Pearl Harbor were always mentioned in passing in history books. Yoshikawa contributed to the decision to intern Japanese Americans.

Yoshikawa was the prominent Japanese spy assigned to Pearl Harbor. A Naval officer himself, he was an expert on the U.S Pacific Fleet, and was sent to Honolulu to gather intelligence to be sent back to Tokyo via the Japanese consulate in Honolulu.

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• "Remember Pearl Harbor", Time Magazine, December 12th, 1960.