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  2. Potsdam Declaration - Wikipedia

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    The Potsdam Declaration was intended from the start to serve as legal basis for handling Japan after the war. [11] After the surrender of the Japanese government and the landing of General MacArthur in Japan in September 1945, the Potsdam Declaration served as the legal basis [citation needed] for the occupation's reforms.

  3. List of war apology statements issued by Japan - Wikipedia

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    At the end of the Pacific Theater of World War II, the Imperial Japanese government accepted the terms of the Potsdam Declaration.In 1945, the unconditional surrender of the Empire of Japan was formally confirmed aboard the Allied battleship, USS Missouri.

  4. Surrender of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Allied response to Japan's qualified acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration was written by James F. Byrnes and approved by the British, Chinese, and Soviet governments, although the Soviets agreed only reluctantly. The Allies sent their response (via the Swiss Foreign Affairs Department) on 12 August.

  5. Hirohito surrender broadcast - Wikipedia

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    It was delivered in formal Classical Japanese, with much pronunciation unfamiliar to ordinary Japanese. The speech made no direct reference to a surrender of Japan, instead stating that the government had been instructed to accept the "joint declaration" (the Potsdam Declaration) of the United States, the United Kingdom, China, and the Soviet ...

  6. Mokusatsu - Wikipedia

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    It is frequently cited to argue that problems encountered by Japanese in the sphere of international politics arise from misunderstandings or mistranslations of their language. [5] In 1945, mokusatsu was used in Japan's initial rejection of the Potsdam Declaration, the Allied demand that Japan surrender unconditionally in World War II.

  7. Kyūjō incident - Wikipedia

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    1926–1989), Emperor of Japan . On 26 July 1945 (Berlin time), the Potsdam Conference issued a declaration on the terms for the surrender of Japan. When the Potsdam Declaration was received in Japan over shortwave, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Shigenori Tōgō brought a copy to the Emperor of Japan, Hirohito. After going over the ...

  8. Soviet–Japanese War - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet–Japanese War [e] was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August 1945. The Soviet Union and Mongolian People's Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in Manchuria and Mengjiang in Inner Mongolia , as well as ...

  9. Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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    Japan had an example of unconditional surrender in the German Instrument of Surrender. On 26 July, Truman and other Allied leaders—except the Soviet Union—issued the Potsdam Declaration outlining terms of surrender for Japan. The declaration stated, "The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction."