Japanese Surrender (3 results)
Weekly Asahi April 20 1952 issue Cover illustration: Port of Kobe by Saiei Kawabata
Failed Waseda-Keio Match Student Sports Issues 9 pagesRecord of a Failed Surrender Call - Japanese Soldier on Lubang Island - 2 pagesTokugawa Musei's Serialized Interview Useful Questions and Answer.
Published by The Asahi Shimbun Company, 1952
- Softcover
Seller: Sunny Day Bookstore, SINGAPORE, SingaporeSunny Day Bookstore
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 60.00
US$ 15.00 shippingShips from Singapore to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCondition: Fine. Number of books: 1.
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Max Rambod Inc, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.Max Rambod Inc
Contact seller5-star sellerTopeka State Journal. August 13, 1945 issue documents American press coverage of Japan's still-unresolved surrender deliberations one day before President Harry S. Truman announced its acceptance of the Allied terms. Published after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, and during the tense inter…val between Japan's initial surrender proposal and its final decision, the newspaper captures how the relationship between atomic warfare and the anticipated end of the Pacific War was presented to readers as events unfolded. Its language supports research into wartime journalism, public understanding of nuclear weapons, and American expectations surrounding Japan's defeat. Japan accepted the Potsdam terms on August 14, with Emperor Hirohito's surrender broadcast following on August 15. Topeka State Journal. Topeka, Kansas. August 13, 1945. Complete original newspaper; page count and dimensions not provided. The principal banner headline, "Bombs Helping Japs to Decide," explicitly attributes influence to the atomic attacks while reporting that Japanese leaders remained engaged in determining their response to the Allies. A related headline, "Delay in Message Claimed by Tokyo," records the uncertainty surrounding communications from Japan and the absence of a final public settlement. Rather than announcing victory retrospectively, the issue preserves the brief period in which American newspapers reported surrender as imminent but not yet confirmed. The headline's causal framing is historically significant, although its claim should be understood as contemporary newspaper interpretation rather than a definitive account of Japan's decision, which also unfolded amid the Soviet declaration of war and invasion of Manchuria. The issue appeared during the final twenty-four hours before the surrender announcement generated nationwide celebrations and transformed newspaper coverage from uncertainty to victory. Its front page records the developing public narrative that the atomic bombings had compelled Japan to yield, a conclusion that became central to postwar American memory while remaining the subject of sustained historical debate. Complete, with no specific defects reported; near fine. A closely timed newspaper record of how a regional American readership encountered the atomic bombings and Japan's impending surrender before official confirmation of the war's end.
- Signed
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Max Rambod Inc, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.Max Rambod Inc
Contact seller5-star sellerField, Marshall III (publisher). The Chicago Sun Extra Edition, August 14, 1945, documents the breaking news that Japan was preparing to accept the Potsdam Declaration, bringing the Pacific War to its effective conclusion after nearly four years of American combat. On August 14, President Harry S. Truman announced that Emperor H…irohito had issued an imperial rescript accepting the Allied terms, prompting immediate celebrations across the United States and establishing the date in American memory as V-J Day. Published while confirmation was still arriving through intercepted Japanese broadcasts, this extra edition preserves the uncertainty and immediacy of the surrender announcement rather than a later retrospective account. It provides primary-source evidence for the study of the end of World War II, American journalism, Japanese surrender, wartime communications, and the public transition from atomic warfare to victory celebrations. The Chicago Sun. Chicago: The Chicago Sun, Extra Edition, Tuesday, August 14, 1945. 12 pages, printed recto and verso. The front page reports a United Press dispatch from San Francisco stating that Tokyo radio had announced that "an imperial message accepting the Potsdam declaration was forthcoming soon." The article further records the Tokyo flash, "Learned Imperial message accepting Potsdam proclamation forthcoming soon," and notes that the announcement came approximately ninety hours after Tokyo radio first broadcast Japan's surrender offer. This language captures the newspaper working from monitored radio transmissions before the surrender process had reached its formal conclusion. The Potsdam Declaration had demanded Japan's surrender in July, and Hirohito's decision to accept its terms culminated in the August 14 announcement. The issue occupies a particularly narrow and consequential point in the surrender chronology: it appeared after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and as news of Japan's acceptance was reaching American audiences, but before the formal surrender ceremony. Hirohito's surrender message was broadcast to the Japanese people on August 15, while representatives of Japan and the Allied powers signed the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, officially concluding the war. No specific defects are noted in the supplied description. Near fine. A complete extra edition preserving the moment when Japanese surrender shifted from diplomatic negotiation and radio rumor to publicly reported fact, marking the effective end of the Pacific War. Signed.