Yahoo

Why the US made Japan surrender on the deck of a massive battleship

Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Photograph from the Army Signal ...
WESA

Hirohito's Speech: The Surrender Of Japan's 'Living God'

Before the end of the second World War, Emperor Hirohito was considered by the Japanese to be a living God. And the first time most of his people heard him speak, it was to surrender. (SOUNDBITE OF ...
Newsday

Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor's surrender speech 80 years ago

TOKYO — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the ...
Daily Journal

Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor’s surrender speech 80 years ago

TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about ...