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THE JAPANESE SURRENDER DOCUMENTS - WWII
TRANSLATION of Foreign Minister Shiegemitsu's credentials
TRANSLATION
H I R O H I T O ,
By the Grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, seated on the Throne occupied
by the same Dynasty changeless through ages eternal,
To all who these Presents shall come, Greeting!
We do hereby authorise Mamoru Shigemitsu, Zyosanmi, First Class of the
Imperial Order of the Rising Sun to attach his signature by command and
in behalf of Ourselves and Our Government unto the Instrument of
Surrender which is required by the Supreme Commander for the Allied
Powers to be signed.
In witness whereof, We have hereunto set Our signature and caused the
Great Seal of the Empire to be affixed.
Given at Our Palace in Tokyo, this first day of the ninth month of the
twentieth year of Syowa, being the two thousand six hundred and fifth
year from the Accession of the Emperor Zinmu.
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| Seal of |
| the | Signed: H I R O H I T O
| Empire |
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Countersigned: Naruhiko-o
Prime Minister
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TRANSLATION of General Umezu's credentials
TRANSLATION
H I R O H I T O ,
By the Grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, seated on the Throne occupied
by the same Dynasty changeless through ages eternal,
To all who these Presents shall come, Greeting!
We do hereby authorise Yoshijiro Umezu, Zyosanmi, First Class of the
Imperial Order of the Rising Sun to attach his signature by command and
in behalf of Ourselves and Our Government unto the Instrument of
Surrender which is required by the Supreme Commander for the Allied
Powers to be signed.
In witness whereof, We have hereunto set Our signature and caused the
Great Seal of the Empire to be affixed.
Given at Our Palace in Tokyo, this first day of the ninth month of the
twentieth year of Syowa, being the two thousand six hundred and fifth
year from the Accession of the Emperor Zinmu.
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| Seal of |
| the | Signed: H I R O H I T O
| Empire |
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Countersigned: Yoshijiro Umezu
Chief of the General
Staff of the Imperial
Japanese Army
Soemu Toyoda
Chief of the General
Staff of the Imperial
Japanese Army
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I N S T R U M E N T O F S U R R E N D E R
We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the
Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters,
hereby accept the provisions set forth in the declaration issued by the
heads of the Governments of the United States, China, and Great Britain
on 26 July 1945 at Potsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, which four powers are hereafter referred to
as the Allied Powers.
We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers of
the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all Japanese armed
forces and all armed forces under the Japanese control wherever
situated.
We hereby command all Japanese forces wherever situated and the
Japanese people to cease hostilites forthwith, to preserve and save
from damage all ships, aircraft, and military and civil property and to
comply with all requirements which my be imposed by the Supreme
Commander for the Allied Powers or by agencies of
the Japanese Government at his direction.
We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Headquarters to issue at once
orders to the Commanders of all Japanese forces and all forces under
Japanese control wherever situated to surrender unconditionally
themselves and all forces under their control.
We hereby command all civil, military and naval officials to obey and
enforce all proclamations, and orders and directives deemed by the
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be proper to ef- fectuate
this surrender and issued by him or under his authority and we direct
all such officials to remain at their posts and to continue to perform
their non-combatant duties unless specifically
relieved by him or under his authority.
We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese Government and their
successors to carry out the provisions of the Potsdam Declaration in
good faith, and to issue whatever orders and take whatever actions may
be required by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Poers or by any
other designated representative of the Allied Powers for the purpose of
giving effect to that Declaration.
We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Government and the Japanese
Imperial General Headquarters at once to liberate all allied prisoners
of war and civilian internees now under Japanese control and to provide
for their protection, care, maintenance and immediate transportation to
places as directed.
The authority of the Emperor and the Japanese Government to rule the
state shall be subject to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
who will take such steps as he deems proper to effectuate these terms
of surrender.
Signed at TOKYO BAY, JAPAN at 0904 I
on the SECOND day of SEPTEMBER, 1945
MAMORU SHIGMITSU
By Command and in behalf of the Emperor
of Japan and the Japanese Government
YOSHIJIRO UMEZU
By Command and in behalf of the Japanese
Imperial General Headquarters
Accepted at TOKYO BAY, JAPAN at 0903 I
on the SECOND day of SEPTEMBER, 1945,
for the United States, Republic of China, United Kingdom and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and in the interests of the
other United Nations at war with Japan.
DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
C.W. NIMITZ
United States Representative
HSU YUNG-CH'ANG
Republic of China Representative
BRUCE FRASER
United Kingdom Representative
KUZMA DEREVYANKO
Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics Representative
THOMAS BLAMEY
Commonwealth of Australia
Representative
L. MOORE COSGRAVE
Dominion of Canada Representative
JACQUES LE CLERC
Provisional Government of the French
Republic Representative
C.E.L. HELFRICH
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Representative
LEONARD M. ISITT
Dominion of New Zealand Representative
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Translation of Emperor Hirohito's Receipt of the Surrender documents
P R O C L A M A T I O N
Accepting the terms set forth in the Declaration issued by the heads of
the Governments of the United States, Great Britain, and China on July
26th, 1945 at Potsdam and subse- quently adhered to by the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, We have commanded the Japanese Imperial
Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters to sign on
Our behalf the Instrument of Surrender presented by the Supreme
Commander for the Allied Powers and to issue General Orders to the
Military and Naval Forces in accordance with the direction of the
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. We command all Our people
forthwith to cease hostilities, to lay down their arms and faithfully
to carry out all the provisions of Instrument of Surrender and the
General Orders issued by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
hereunder.
This second day of the ninth month of the twentieth year of Syowa
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| Seal of |
| the | Signed: H I R O H I T O
| Emperor |
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Countersigned: Naruhiko-o
Prime Minister
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Iwao Yamazaki
Minister of Home Affairs
Juichi Tsushima
Minister of Finance
Sadamu Shimomura
Minister of War
Mitsumasa Yonai
Minister of Navy
Chuzo Iwata
Minister of Justice
Tamon Maeda
Minister of Education
Kenzo Matsumura
Minister of Welfare
Kotaro Sengoku
Minister of Agriculture
and Forestry
Chikuhei Nakajima
Minister of Commerce
and Industry
Naoto Kobiyama
Minister of Transportation
Fumimaro Konoe
Minister without Portfolio
Taketora Ogata
Minister without Portfolio
Binshiro Obata
Minister without Portfolio
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INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER
of the
Japanese and Japanese-Controlled Armed Forces
in the Philippine Islands
to the Commanding General
United States Army Forces, Western Pacific
Camp John Hay
Baguio, Mountain Province,
Luzon, Philippine, Islands
3 September, 1945
Pursuant to and in accordance with the proclamation of the Emperor of
Japan accepting the terms set forth in the declaration issued by the
heads of the Governments of the United States, Great Britain, and China
on 26 July 1945; at Potsdam and sub- sequently adhered to by the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics; and to the formal instrument of sur-
render of the Japanese Imperial Government and the Japanese Imperial
General Headquarters signed at Toyko Bay at 0908 on 2 September 1945:
1. Acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan,
the Japanese Imperial Government and the Japanese Imperial
General Headquarters, We hereby surrender unconditionally to
the Commanding General, United States Army Forces, Western
Pacific, all Japanese and Japanese-controlled armed forces,
air, sea, ground and auxiliary, in the Philippine Islands.
2. We hereby command all Japanese forces wherever situated in
the Philippine Islands to cease hostilities forthwith, to
preserve and save from damage all ships, aircraft, and
military and civil property, and to comply with all require-
ments which may be imposed by the Commanding General, United
States Army Forces, Western Pacific, or his authorized
representatives.
3. We hereby direct the commanders of all Japanese forces in the
Philippine Islands to issue at once to all forces under their
command to surrender unconditionally themselves and all
forces under their control, as prisoners of war, to the
nearest United States Force Commander.
4. We hereby direct the commanders of all Japanese forces in the
Philippine Islands to surrender intact and in good order to
the nearest United States Army Force Commander, at times and
at places directed by him, all equipment and supplies of
whatever nature under their control.
5. We hereby direct the commanders of all Japanese forces in the
Philippine Islands at once to liberate all Allied prisoners
of war and civilian internees under their control, and to
provide for their protection, care, maintenance and immediate
transportation to places as directed by the nearest United
States Army Force Commander.
6. We hereby undertake to transmit the directives given in
Paragraphs 1 through 5, above, to all Japanese forces in the
Philip- pine Islands immediatlely by all means within our
power, and further to furnish to the Commanding General,
United States Army Forces, Western Pacific, all necessary
Japanese emissaries fully empowered to bring about the
surrender of Japanese forces in the Philippine Islands with
whom we are not in contact.
7. We hereby undertake to furnish immediatly to the Commanding
General, United States Army Forces, Western Pacific, a
statement of the designation, numbers, loacations, and
commanders of all Japanese armed forces, ground, sea, or air,
in the Philippine Islands.
8. We hereby undertake faithfully to obey all further pro-
clamation, orders and directives deemed by the Commanding
General, United States Armed Forces, Western Pacific, to be
proper to effecuate this surrender.
Signed at Camp John Hay, Baguio, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippine
Islands, at 1210 hours 3 September 1945:
TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA, DENHICI OKOCHI,
General, Imperial Japanese Vice Admiral, Imperial Japanese
Army Highest Commander, Navy, Highest Commander,
Imperial Japanese Army in Imperial Japanese Navy in the
the Philippines. Philippines.
By command and in behalf
of the Japanese Imperial
General Headquarters
Accepted at Camp John Hay, Baguio, Mountain Province Luzon
Philippine Islands, at 1210 hours 3 September 1945:
For the Commander-in-Chief, United States Army Forces, Pacific:
EDMOND H. LEAVY,
Major General, USA
Deputy Commander, United States Army Forces,
Western Pacific.
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UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES IN KOREA
HEADQUARTERS XXIV CORPS
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL
APO 235 c/o POSTMASTER
SAN FRANSICO, CALIFORNIA
FORMAL SURRENDER BY THE SENIOR JAPANESE GROUND,
SEA, AIR AND AUXILIARY FORCES COMMANDS WITHIN
KOREA SOUTH OF 38 NORTH LATITUDE TO THE COM-
MANDING GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES IN
KOREA, FOR AND IN BEHALF OF THE COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES, PAFIFIC
WHEREAS an Instrument of Surrender was on the 2d day of September 1945
by command of and behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Govern-
ment and the Japanese Imperial Headquarters signed by Foreign Minister
Mamouru Shigemitsu by command and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan,
the Japanese Government and by Yoshijiro Umezu by command of and in
behalf of the Japanese Imperial Headquaters and
WHEREAS the terms of the Instrument of Surrender were subsequently as
follows:
"1. We, acting by command of an in behalf of the Emperor of
Japan, the Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial
General Headquarters, hereby accept the provisions set forth
in the declaration issued by the heads of the Governments of
the United States, China, and Great Britian on 26 July 1945
at Potsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, which four powers are hereafter
referred to as the Allied Powers.
"2. We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied
Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of
all Japanese armed forces and all armed forces under the
Japanese control wherever situated.
"3. We hereby command all Japanese forces wherever situated and
the Japanese people to cease hostilites forthwith, to
preserve and save from damage all ships, aircraft, and
military and civil property and to comply with all require-
ments which my be imposed by the Supreme Commander for the
Allied Powers or by agencies of the Japanese Government at
his direction.
"4. We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Headquarters to issue
at once orders to the Commanders of all Japanese forces and
all forces under Japanese control wherever situated to
surrender unconditionally themselves and all forces under
their control.
"5. We hereby command all civil, military and naval officials to
obey and enforce all proclamations, and orders and directives
deemed by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be
proper to ef- fectuate this surrender and issued by him or
under his authority and we direct all such officials to
remain at their posts and to continue to perform their
non-combatant duties unless specifically relieved by him or
under his authority.
"6. We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese Government
and their successors to carry out the provisions of the
Potsdam Declaration in good faith, and to issue whatever
orders and take whatever actions may be required by the
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers or by any other
designated representative of the Allied Powers for the
purpose of giving effect to that Declaration.
"7. We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Government and the
Japanese Imperial General Headquarters at once to liberate
all allied prisoners of war and civilian internees now under
Japanese control and to provide for their protection, care,
maintenance and immediate transportation to places as
directed.
"8. The authority of the Emperor and the Japanese Government to
rule the state shall be subject to the Supreme Commander for
the Allied Powers who will take such steps as he deems proper
to effectuate these terms of surrender.
WHEREAS the terms of surrender were, on the 2d day of September 1945 as
given by the United States, the Republic of China, the United Kingdom,
the Soviet Union of Socialist Republics and other allied powers,
accepted by the Imperial Japanese Government, and
WHEREAS on the 2d day of September 1945 the Imperial General Head-
quarters by direction of the Emperor has ordered all its commanders in
Japan and abroad to cause the Japanese Armed Forces and Japanese
controlled forces under their command to cease hostilities at once, to
lay down their arms and remain in their present locations and to
surrender unconditionally to commanders acting in behalf of the United
States, the Republic of China, the United Kingdom, the British Empire
and the Union of Socialist Republics, and
WHEREAS the Imperial General Headquarters, its senior commanders and
all ground, sea, air and auxiliary forces in the main islands of Japan,
minor islands adjacent thereto, Korea south of 38 north latitude and
the Philippines were directed to surrender to the Commmander-in-Chief
of the United States Army Forces, Pacific and
WHEREAS the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army Forces,
Pacific has appointed the Commanding General, XXIV Corps as the Command
General, United States Army Forces in Korea, and has directed him as
such to act for the Commander- in-Chief United States Army Forces,
Pacific in the reception of the surrender of the senior Japanese
commanders of all Japanese ground, sea, air and auxiliary forces in
Korea south of 38 north latitude and all islands adjacent thereto. Now
therefor
We, the undersigned, senior Japanese commanders of all Japanese ground,
sea, air and auxiliary forces in Korea south of 38 north latitude, do
hereby acknowledge:
a. That we have been duly advised and fully informed
of the contents of the Proclamation by the Emperor
of Japan, the Instrument of Surrender and the
orders herein above referred to.
b. That we accept our duties and obligations under
said instruments and orders and recognize the
necessity for our strict compliance therewith and
adherence thereto.
c. The the Commanding General, United States Army
Forces in Korea, is the duly authorized representa-
tive of the Commander-in-Chief United States Army
Forces, Pacific and that we will completely and
immediately carry out and put into ef fect his
instructions.
Finally, we do hereby formally and unconditionally surrender to the
Commanding General, United States Army Forces in Korea, all persons in
Korea south of 38 degrees North Latitude who are in the Armed Forces
of Japan, and all military installations, ordnance, ships, aircraft,
and other military equipment or property of every kind or description
in Korea, including all islands adjacent thereto, south of 38 degrees
North Latitude over which we exercise jurisdiction or control.
In case of conflict or ambiguity between the English text of this
document and any translation thereof, the English shall prevail.
Signed at SEOUL, KOREA at 1630 hours on the 9th day of September 1945.
YOSHIO SOZUKI
Senior Japanese commander of all
Japanese ground and air forces
in Korea south of 38 north
latitude.
GISABURO YAMAGUCHI
Senior Japanese commander of all
Japanese naval forces in Korea
south of 38 north latitude.
I, Nobuyuki Abe, the duly appointed, qualified and acting Governor
General of KOREA do hereby certify that I have read and fully under-
stand the contents of the foregoing Instrument of Surrender, and of all
documents referred to therein.
I hereby acknowledge the duties and obligations imposed upon me by said
documents, insofar as they apply to all matters within my jurisdiction
or control as Governor General of Korea, and recognize the necessity of
my strict compliance therewith and adherence thereto.
In particular do I reconize that the Commanding General, UNITED STATES
ARMY FORCES IN KOREA, is the duly authorized representative of the
Commander-in-Chief, UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES, PACIFIC, and that I am
completely and immediately to carry out and put into effect his
instructions.
Signed at SEOUL, KOREA, at 1630 hours on the 9th day of September 1945.
NOBUYUKI ABE
(Governor General of KOREA)
Accepted at SEOUL, KOREA, at 1630 hours on the 9th day of
September 1945 for and in behalf of the Commander-in-Chief
of the United States Army Forces, Pacific.
JOHN R. HODGE
JOHN R. HODGE
Lieutenant General U.S. Army
Commanding General
United States Army Forces in Korea
THOMAS C. KINCAID
T. C. KINCAID
Admiral, U. S. Navy
Representative of the United States Navy
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SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER
SOUTH EAST ASIA
INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES UNDER
THE COMMAND OR CONTROL OF THE SUPREME COMMANDER,
JAPANESE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, SOUTHERN REGIONS,
WITHIN THE OPERATIONAL THEATRE OF THE SUPREME
ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA
1. In pursuance of and in compliance with:
(a) the Instrument of Surrender signed by the Japanese
plenipotentiaries by command and on behalf of the
Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Government and the
Japanese Imperial General Headquarters at Toyko on
2 September, 1945;
(b) General Order No. 1, promulgated at the same place
and on the same date;
(c) the Local Agreement made by the Supreme Commander,
Japanese Expeditionary Forces, Southern Regions, with
the SupEast Asia at
Rangoon on 27 August, 1945;
to all of which Instrument of Surrender, General Order and Local
Agreement this present Instrument is complementary and which it in no
way supersedes, the Supreme Commander, Japanese Expeditionary Forces,
Southern Regions (Field Marshall Count Terauchi) does hereby surrender
unconditionally to the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia
(Admiral The Lord Louis Mountbatten) himself and all Japanese sea,
ground, air and auxiliary forces under his command or control and
within the operational theatre of the Supreme Allied Commander, South
East Asia.
2. The Supreme Commander, Japanese Expeditionary Forces,
Southern Regions, undertakes to ensure that all orders and
instructions that may be issued from time to time by the
Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, or by any of his
subordinate Naval, Military, or Air-Force Commanders of
whatever rank acting in his name, are scrupulously and
promptly obeyed by all Japanese sea, ground, air and auxili-
ary forces under the command or control of the Supreme
Commander, Japanese Expeditionary Forces, Southern Regions,
and within the operational theatre of the Supreme Allied
Commander, South East Asia.
3. Any disobediance of, or delay or failure to comply with,
orders or instructions issued by the Supreme Allied Com-
mander, South East Asia, or issued on his behalf by any of
his subordinate Naval, Military, or Air Force Commanders of
whatever rank, and any action which the Supreme Allied
Commander, South East Asia, or his subordinate Commanders
action on his behalf, may determine to be detrimental to the
Allied Powers, will be dealt with as the Supreme Allied
Commander, South East Asia may decide.
4. This Instrument takes effect from the time and date of signing.
5. This Instrument is drawn up in the English Language, which is
the only authentic version. In any case of doubt to
intention or meaning, the decision of the Supreme Allied
Commander, South East Asia is final. It is the respon-
sibility of the Supreme Commander, Japanese Expeditionary
Forces, Southern Regions, to make such translations into
Japanese as he may require.
Signed at Singapore at 0341 hours (G.M.T.) on 12 September, 1945.
SEISHIRO ITAGAKI LOUIS MOUNTBATTAN
(for) SUPREME COMMANDER SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER
JAPANESE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, SOUTH EAST ASIA
SOUTHERN REGIONS
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