As a first lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army's Fifth Rail Regiment during World War II, he supervised construction of the Burma Railway at Songkurai.

Abe was sentenced to death by hanging as a B/C class war criminal and imprisoned in Changi Prison.

"[3][4]In 1995, Abe testified against the Japanese government in a lawsuit seeking compensation for Koreans in Japan during World War II.

"This was probably the first time for a former Japanese officer to testify in court in the trial of war compensation issues.

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