The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August 1945 and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war to an end. By the end of July 1945 the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. The United States, the United Kingdom, and China had already called for Japan unconditional surrender in the Potsdam Declaration of 26 July 1945, warning of prompt and utter destruction as the alternative.
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Document TypeInstrument of surrender 1 Creation Year Origin PlaceTokyo Bay, aboard USS Missouri 1 Current LocationDiplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Tokyo (Japanese copy) 1 Classification
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Document Type (category)Instrument of Surrender 1 FAQs
Who signed the Japanese surrender for Japan?
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu signed it.
The Japanese envoys were Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu. They signed the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri on 2 September 1945.
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1. Wikipedia: Japanese Instrument of Surrender
Lead, first sentence
The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the printed agreement that formalized the surrender of Japan, marking the end of hostilities in World War II.
Lead, second sentence, date clause
took effect at 09:25 JST on 2 September 1945
Lead, second sentence, place clause
in Tokyo Bay just after 09:00 Japan Standard Time (JST)
Archiving and artifacts
The Japanese copy of the Instrument is at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo
Signing
an enterprising staff member found rare parchment in a basement of a monastery, and this was given to MacArthur's printer
In Era: The Contemporary Period, lead paragraph and infobox, date
The signing took place on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay just after 09:00 Japan Standard Time (JST) and took effect at 09:25 JST on 2 September 1945.
In Group: International Agreements and Pacts of the World Wars Era, 1914 to 1945, Lead
The signing took place on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay just after 09:00 Japan Standard Time (JST) and took effect at 09:25 JST on 2 September 1945.
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