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]
(...) Ambassador to Nanking, Humataro Honda