Japan announces acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration
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- Political Order and Political Decay whole source · open book
There were a number of important legal steps leading up to this result, including the August 16, 1945, announcement by the emperor that Japan had accepted the Potsdam Declaration and unconditional surrender, and the Imperial Rescript of January 1, 1946, in which the emperor renounced the doctrine of
chapter: Chapter 23: The Strong Asian State