Editing Nobuyuki Abe (section)

==Later career==
[[File:Signing_of_Japan-Manchukuo-China_Joint_Declaration.jpg|thumb|left|Abe as the Japanese ambassador signing the Japan-Manchukuo-China joint declaration with [[Wang Jingwei]] and [[Zang Shiyi]], 30 November 1940 in Nanjing]] Three months later after his replacement as Prime Minister, Abe was sent by the army as a special envoy to [[China]] to advise the [[Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China|Japanese-supported regime]] of [[Wang Jingwei]] in [[Nanjing]] and to negotiate a treaty ensuring Japanese economic and military rights in [[northern China]]. However, he had some sympathy for Wang's Reorganized National Government. Abe remained as the Japanese ambassador to China in Nanjing until December 1940.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Times|first=Hugh Byas Wireless To the New York|date=1940-12-08|title=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|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/12/08/archives/tokyo-picks-honda-as-nanking-envoy-former-ambassador-to-berlin.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903001811/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/12/08/archives/tokyo-picks-honda-as-nanking-envoy-former-ambassador-to-berlin.html|archive-date=2020-09-03|issn=0362-4331|quote=Kumataro Honda, former Ambassador to Germany, was appointed Ambassador to Nanking today, succeeding former Premier Nobuyuki Abe.}}</ref> After his return to Japan, Abe joined the [[House of Peers (Japan)|House of Peers]] in 1942, and accepted the largely-ceremonial position as president of the [[Imperial Rule Assistance Political Association]]. He was appointed the 10th (and last) [[Governor-General of Korea]] in 1944 and 1945.

After [[World War II]], Abe was [[purge (occupied Japan)|purged]] from public office and arrested by the [[Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers|American occupation government]]. However, he was not charged with any [[war crimes]] and was soon released.