Japanese Instrument of Surrender

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World War II peace agreement surrender instrument treaty

The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the formal document signed on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, officially ending World War II between Japan and the Allied powers.

Aliases (8)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II peace agreement → surrender instrument → treaty →
acceptedBy	Government of Japan → surface form: "Japanese government"
alsoKnownAs	Japanese Instrument of Surrender → surface form: "Instrument of Surrender of Japan" Japanese surrender document →
basisOf	Allied occupation of Japan →
conflictEnded	Pacific War → World War II →
countrySignedIn	Japan →
dateSigned	1945-09-02 →
historicalPeriod	1940s →
implementedBy	Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers →
language	English → Japanese →
legalEffect	end of state of war between Japan and Allied powers → formal surrender of Japan →
partOf	post–World War II settlements →
placeSigned	Tokyo Bay → USS Missouri →
precededBy	Potsdam Declaration →
relatedEvent	V-J Day →
shipLocation	USS Missouri → surface form: "USS Missouri (BB-63)"
signatory	Allies of World War II → surface form: "Allied powers" Australia → Canada → Japan → surface form: "Empire of Japan" France → Netherlands → New Zealand → Republic of China → Soviet Union → United Kingdom → United States of America →
signedBy	Bruce Fraser → Chester W. Nimitz → Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich → Douglas MacArthur → Hsu Yung-chang → Kuzma Derevyanko → Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → Leonard M. Isitt → Mamoru Shigemitsu → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → Thomas Blamey → Yoshijiro Umezu →
signedOnBehalfOf	Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → surface form: "Japanese Imperial General Headquarters" Government of Japan → surface form: "Japanese government"

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BB-63 → UNESCOMemoryOfTheWorldRelated → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

subject surface form: "USS Missouri"

this entity surface form: "Instrument of Surrender of Japan"

atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki → aftermath → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Japanese Instrument of Surrender → alsoKnownAs → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Instrument of Surrender of Japan"

Pacific War → concludedBy → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → disbandedAfter → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Governor-General of Taiwan → dissolutionReason → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Japanese surrender in World War II"

Japanese colonial empire → dissolvedFollowing → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Japanese occupation of Singapore → endCause → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Japanese surrender in World War II"

Korea under Japanese rule → endCause → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Japanese surrender in World War II"

Korea under Japanese rule → endEvent → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Leonard M. Isitt → eventParticipatedIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Mamoru Shigemitsu → eventParticipatedIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender"

Potsdam Declaration → followedBy → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Tokyo Bay → historicalEventSite → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Surrender of Japan in World War II"

Allied occupation of Japan → legalBasis → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Instrument of Surrender of Japan"

General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → legalBasis → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Instrument of Surrender of Japan"

Battleship Missouri Memorial → notableEvent → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Japanese Instrument of Surrender signing"

Hsu Yung-chang → notableWork → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender"

Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → notableWork → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of Canada"

Mamoru Shigemitsu → notableWork → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender"

Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → participantIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Bruce Fraser → participatedIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Yoshijiro Umezu → playedRoleIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Japanese surrender in World War II"

USS West Virginia (BB-48) → presentAt → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Tokyo Bay surrender ceremonies"

Pescadores Islands → referencedIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

General Order No. 1 → relatedTo → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Instrument of Surrender of Japan"

Operation Coronet → relatedTo → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Potsdam Declaration → relatedTo → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Hsu Yung-chang → signed → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Kuzma Derevyanko → signed → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Mamoru Shigemitsu → signed → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Yoshijiro Umezu → signed → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Instrument of Surrender of Japan"

Emperor Hirohito → signedDocument → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Instrument of Surrender of Japan"

Leonard M. Isitt → signedDocument → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

this entity surface form: "Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of New Zealand"

Axis powers → surrenderEvent → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → treatyOrAgreement → Japanese Instrument of Surrender →