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12 september
1945
TRANSLATION of
Foreign Minister Shiegemitsu's credentials
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.
Seal of the Empire
Signed: H I R O H I
T O
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.
Seal of the Empire
Signed: H I R O H I
T O
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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INSTRUMENT OF
SURRENDER
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 Repub- lics, 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 un- conditionally
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 ef- fectuate 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
PROCLAMATION
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.
Seal of the Empire
Signed: H I R O H I
T O
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 surrender 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 requirements 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 ef- fecuate this surrender.
Signed at Camp John
Hay, Baguio, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippine Islands, at 1210
hours 3 September 1945:
TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA,
General, Imperial Japanese Army Highest Commander, Imperial Japanese
Army in the Philippines.
DENHICI OKOCHI,
Vice Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy Highest Commander, Imperial
Japanese Navy in the 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
Government and the Japanese Imperial Head- quarters signed by
Foreign Minister Mamouru Shigemitsu by com- mand 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 Repub- lics,
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 requirements 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 ef- fectuate
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
Headquarters 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 Rep-
ublics, 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 representative of the Com- mander-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 sur- render 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
understand 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
THE 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 Supreme Allied Commander, South
East 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 auxiliary 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 Commander, 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 responsibility 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
(for) SUPREME COMMANDER
JAPANESE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES,
SOUTHERN REGIONS
LOUIS MOUNTBATTAN
SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER
SOUTH EAST ASIA
  
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