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    Hirohito surrender broadcast (Japanese: 玉音放送, romanized: Gyokuon-hōsō, lit. 'Broadcast of the Emperor's Voice'), was a radio broadcast of surrender given...
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    The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the...
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  • Japan's first professional disc recorder and used it to record the Hirohito surrender broadcast. For many decades, Denon was a brand name of Nippon-Columbia...
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  • The Emperor in August (category Cultural depictions of Hirohito)
    (Hirohito) in the immediate period before the surrender of Japan in World War II between April 1945 to 15 August 1945 (Hirohito surrender broadcast),...
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    invaded Japanese-occupied Manchuria, Hirohito called upon his country's forces to surrender in a radio broadcast on 15 August 1945. The extent of his...
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    and, after a series of battles culminating in the surrender of Edo, Yoshinobu personally surrendered. Those loyal to the Tokugawa shōgun retreated to northern...
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    Hirohito announced Japan's surrender to the Japanese people in a nationwide radio broadcast. Two days after Japanese Emperor's first radio broadcast informing...
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    of Army and Navy into closer consultation with his government, Emperor Hirohito established a body known as the Imperial General Headquarters-Government...
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    Kyūjō incident (category Hirohito)
    Shigenori Tōgō suggested to Hirohito that the Japanese should accept the Potsdam Declaration and unconditionally surrender. After the closure of the air-raid...
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    Hinomaru was used as a political weapon overseas. In a visit by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kōjun to the Netherlands, the Hinomaru was burned by Dutch...
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    chemical and biological experimentation in Manchuria. In 1936, Emperor Hirohito issued a decree authorizing the expansion of the unit and its integration...
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    Japanese armed forces were ordered to surrender in the Hirohito surrender broadcast on 15 August 1945. The official surrender ceremony of World War II in China...
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    militarist and expansionist movement, Emperor Shōwa, known more commonly as Hirohito outside Japan, and his reign became associated with the rediscovery of...
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    health led to appointment of his eldest son, Crown Prince Hirohito, as regent in 1921, and Hirohito succeeded him as emperor when he died in 1926. Prince...
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    Fumimaro Konoe advised Emperor Hirohito that defeat was inevitable, and urged him to abdicate. Even before the surrender of Nazi Germany on 8 May 1945...
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    adapted, and intelligence was collected. Despite these preparations, Emperor Hirohito did not approve the attack plan until November 5, after the third of four...
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    its arms in surrender per the Emperor's broadcast. The Soviet–Japanese War, and World War II, had come to an end. At the time of the surrender, the Japanese...
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  • Soviet Union. In a national radio address on August 15, Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender to the Japanese people. The Allies occupied Japan after the...
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    | Lt Ei Yamaguchi, Surrendered – April 1947". Wanpela. Archived from the original on 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-07-14. "Hirohito Photo with MP's Induces...
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    Constitution, the War Minister was held accountable only to the Emperor (Hirohito) himself, and not to the elected civilian government. In fact, Japanese...
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    period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989. It was preceded...
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    Nanking) was the mass murder of Chinese civilians, noncombatants, and surrendered prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanjing, the capital...
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    and stipulated that Tokugawa Yoshinobu resign as head of the family and surrender all but 700,000 koku of his lands, a deal that Tokugawa accepted on 3...
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    controversial symbol of Japan's war legacy". Reuters. 14 August 2021. "Hirohito quit Yasukuni Shrine visits over concerns about war criminals". The New...
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    April 1901: Became grandfather when Emperor Taishō's first son, the Prince Hirohito Michi-no-miya, future Emperor Shōwa was born. 1904–1905: Russo-Japanese...
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    Imperial Regalia to Japan is evident from the declarations made by Emperor Hirohito to Kōichi Kido on 25 and 31 July 1945 at the end of World War II, when...
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    positions. On 1 October, Zhang Haipeng surrendered the Taonan area. Sometime in October, Ji Xing (吉興) surrendered the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture...
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    Hirohito evoked the Kokutai in his surrender broadcast, which announced the Japanese acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration (unconditional surrender)...
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    evidence." While refraining from personal indictment of Hirohito, Webb indicated that Hirohito bore responsibility as a constitutional monarch who accepted...
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    other territories. In a national radio address on August 15, Hirohito announced the surrender to the Japanese people by Gyokuon-hōsō. A period known as occupied...
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