Kumataro Honda () (1874-1948) was a Japanese diplomat. He served as the Japanese ambassador to Germany,
with inaugural date of February 6, 1924. He later replaced
Nobuyuki Abe
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea, and Prime Minister of Japan.
Early life and military career
Abe was born on November 24, 1875, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, the son of former samurai Abe Nobumitsu. ...
,
serving as the Japanese ambassador in
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...
from 1940
to 1941 for the
Wang Jingwei regime
The Wang Jingwei regime or the Wang Ching-wei regime is the common name of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China ( zh , t = 中華民國國民政府 , p = Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guómín Zhèngfǔ ), the government of the pu ...
within the Republic of China.
He resigned in December 1941 because of health issues and was succeeded by
Mamoru Shigemitsu
was a Japanese diplomat and politician in the Empire of Japan, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times during and after World War II as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan. As civilian plenipotentiary representing the J ...
.
References
1874 births
1948 deaths
Ambassadors of Japan to Germany
Ambassadors of Japan to China
Wang Jingwei regime
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