Kumataro Honda

Kumataro Honda (Japanese: 本多 熊太郎) (1874–1948^[1]) was a Japanese diplomat. He served as the Japanese ambassador to Germany,^[2][3] with inaugural date of February 6, 1924. He later replaced Nobuyuki Abe,^[3] serving as the Japanese ambassador in Nanjing^[4] from 1940^[3] to 1941 for the Wang Jingwei regime within the Republic of China.^[5][6] He resigned in December 1941 because of health issues and was succeeded by Mamoru Shigemitsu.^[6]

Kumataro Honda

References

1. 李盛平 (1989). 中国近现代人名大辞典 (in Chinese). 中国国际广播出版社. p. 765. ISBN 978-7-80035-227-0.
2. Grew, Joseph C. (1937-01-01). "Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1937, The Far East, Volume III - Office of the Historian. The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State, No. 2209, Tokyo, January 1, 1937". history.state.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
3. Times, Hugh Byas Wireless To the New York (1940-12-08). "TOKYO PICKS HONDA AS NANKING ENVOY; Former Ambassador to Berlin, Bitter Foe of Conciliation, Named by Matsuoka IS AGGRESSIVELY PRO-AXIS Advocate of Anti-U.S. Stand Is Expected to Promote East Asia Policy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
4. Norman, E. Herbert (1943). "Herbert. ""Tokyo Record"." Far Eastern Survey 12, no. 8 (1943): 81-83. Accessed September 2, 2020. doi:10.2307/3022161". JSTOR. Far Eastern Survey. 12 (8): 81–83. doi:10.2307/3022161. JSTOR 3022161. Retrieved 2020-09-02. (...) Ambassador to Nanking, Humataro Honda
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6. "SHIGEMITSU IS NAMED AS ENVOY TO NANKING". New York Times. December 20, 1941. 6.