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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Japanese Instrument of Surrender canonical 21
Instrument of Surrender of Japan 7
Japanese surrender in World War II 4

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 (40)

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

Pacific War → concludedBy → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → treatyOrAgreement → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Axis powers → surrenderEvent → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Emperor Hirohito → signedDocument → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Instrument of Surrender of Japan
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 ⓘ
Japanese Instrument of Surrender → alsoKnownAs → 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
Potsdam Declaration → relatedTo → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Potsdam Declaration → followedBy → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
USS West Virginia (BB-48) → presentAt → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tokyo Bay surrender ceremonies
Allied occupation of Japan → legalBasis → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Instrument of Surrender of Japan
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → disbandedAfter → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Battleship Missouri Memorial → notableEvent → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Instrument of Surrender signing
Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → notableWork → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of Canada
Lawrence Moore Cosgrave → participantIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki → aftermath → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Singapore → endCause → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II
Hsu Yung-chang → notableWork → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender
Hsu Yung-chang → signed → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Governor-General of Taiwan → dissolutionReason → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II
Mamoru Shigemitsu → notableWork → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender
Mamoru Shigemitsu → eventParticipatedIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender
Mamoru Shigemitsu → signed → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Tokyo Bay → historicalEventSite → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surrender of Japan in World War II
Yoshijiro Umezu → playedRoleIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II
Yoshijiro Umezu → signed → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Instrument of Surrender of Japan
Pescadores Islands → referencedIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Japanese colonial empire → dissolvedFollowing → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Kuzma Derevyanko → signed → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Operation Coronet → relatedTo → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
General Order No. 1 → relatedTo → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Instrument of Surrender of Japan
Leonard M. Isitt → eventParticipatedIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Leonard M. Isitt → signedDocument → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of New Zealand
Bruce Fraser → participatedIn → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
BB-63 → UNESCOMemoryOfTheWorldRelated → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Missouri
this entity surface form: Instrument of Surrender of Japan
Allied operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II → peaceTreaty → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
August Storm → followedBy → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation August Storm
United States Navy in World War II → notableEvent → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
Yoshijirō Umezu → signed → Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ