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 ...

“Nobody wanted to volunteer forthe odious duty,” wrote a Japanese diplomat about the surrender on the Missouri. “The Prime Minister . . . was considered unsuitable because he was the Emperor’s uncle .

On the cool, cloudy morning of Sept. 2, 1945, a Japanese delegation led by Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu and Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu boarded the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. On the galley ...

One of the unhappiest of those who were waiting for bombs in London last week was little Japanese Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitsu. One reason he was unhappy was because he knew all about bombs. On the ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. September 2, 2025, marks 80 years since ...

Tuesday marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory over Japan, and the National WWII Museum will commemorate the event with a presentation about the end of the cataclysmic war. "The Surrender of ...