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      15 August 1945

      • Japan's forces soon became overextended, but the military held out in spite of Allied air attacks that inflicted severe damage on population centers. Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender on 15 August 1945, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.
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  2. 2 days ago · Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender on 15 August 1945, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. The Allies occupied Japan until 1952, during which a new constitution was enacted in 1947 that transformed Japan into the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy it is today.

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    1 day ago · Hirohito [a] (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, [b] was the 124th emperor of Japan, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world, with his reign of 62 years being the longest of any Japanese emperor. Hirohito was born in Aoyama, Tokyo, during the ...

  4. 4 days ago · Top Questions. Where is Hiroshima? What does the name Hiroshima mean? Why was Hiroshima bombed? How many people were killed during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima? What observance is made of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima? Hiroshima, Japan: Peace Memorial Park.

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  5. 3 days ago · Chinese generals in Pyongyang surrender to the Japanese, October 1894. The first major war the Empire of Japan fought following the Meiji Restoration was against China, from 1894 to 1895. The war revolved around the issue of control and influence over Korea under the rule of the Joseon dynasty.

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  6. 5 days ago · 47 rōnin, the 47 loyal samurai of the lord of Akō, whose vendetta ranks as one of the most dramatic episodes of Japanese history. The incident began in April 1701, when imperial envoys from Kyōto arrived in Edo (now Tokyo), the capital of the shogunate.

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  7. 6 days ago · Slobodan Lekic The Associated Press. As the United States dropped its atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, 1.6 million Soviet troops launched a surprise attack on the Japanese...

  8. 5 days ago · Japan colonized Korea in 1910, expanding its empire and dominating the region for 35 years. However, the Korean people resisted Japanese rule and fought alongside the Allied forces in China until Japan’s surrender in 1945.

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