Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor’s surrender speech 80 years ago

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living ...
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Japan didn’t surrender for the reason schools told you

Most Americans were taught that Japan surrendered because the United States dropped two atomic bombs. TheStockGuy says that ...
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Last Japanese soldier to surrender 29 years after WW2 ended | Hiroo Onoda's 1974 surrender

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the last country of the Axis powers that continued its war, and ...

Trains still ran in Japan even after emperor’s 1945 surrender speech

SAITAMA—Japan continued to operate its rail network even after Emperor Hirohito for the first time addressed his subjects ...
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Japan marks 80th anniversary of WWII surrender as concern grows about fading memory

TOKYO – Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...
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Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor’s surrender speech 80 years ago

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary ...
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Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor's surrender speech 80 years ago

TOKYO — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the ...