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Japan Post WWII The Surrender World Cultures East Asia Unit

Potsdam Declaration Statement issued on July 26, 1945 demanding the surrender of Japan Issued by: –USA President Harry Truman –U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill –China President Chiang Kai- Shek If Japan does not surrender it would face “prompt and utter destruction!” Japan does not surrender August 6, 1945 = Hiroshima August 9, 1945 = Nagasaki Japan surrenders August 14, 1945

Japanese Instrument of Surrender Written agreement that enabled the Surrender of Japan, ending WWII Signed on the deck of USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay, Japan on September 2, 1945 Also referred to as VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY

August 14, 1945 shortly after the announcement by President Truman occurred and people began to gather in celebration. VJ Day Kiss Times Square New York City

American Occupation of Japan After the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, Japan remained occupied by the Allied Powers, led by the United States of America First time in history that this traditionally isolated, homogeneous nation was occupied by a foreign power

San Francisco Peace Treaty Between the Allied Powers and Japan Signed by 49 nations on September 8, 1951 in San Francisco, California Ended U.S. occupation in Japan

Japanese Exports to U.S. Of the $148.1 billion in American imports from Japan in 2008, the following product categories had the highest values. Passenger cars …$43.5 billion Car parts & accessories … $10.4 billion Other industrial machinery … $5.7 billion Computer accessories … $5.4 billion Video equipment (e.g. DVD players) … $4.9 billion Electric apparatus & parts … $4.1 billion Engines & parts … $4.0 billion Machine tools … $3.8 billion Excavating, paving & construction machinery … $3.38 billion Motorcycles & parts … $3.1 billion

Japanese Imports from U.S. Of the $59.6 billion in American exports to Japan in 2008, the following product categories had the highest values. Civilian aircraft … US$3.5 billion Medicinal equipment … $2.7 billion Industrial machines … $2.3 billion Telecommunications equipment … $2.1 billion Corn … $2.0 billion Pharmaceutical preparations … $1.8 billion Computer accessories … $1.75 billion Measuring, testing & control instruments … $1.69 billion Organic chemicals … $1.4 billion