Events in the year 1945 in Japan. 1945 was the last year of World War II and the first year of the Allied occupation. Emperor: Hirohito Prime Minister:...

war against Japan on 8 August 1945. The Soviet Union and Mongolian People's Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in Manchuria and...

Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until...

place on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. The date is sometimes known as Victory over Japan Day. However, that designation more...

The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized...

Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war. By the end of July 1945...

dissidence in the Empire of Japan covers individual Japanese dissidents against the policies of the Empire of Japan. Shūsui Kōtoku, a Japanese anarchist...

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The bombings killed...

Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II. The Japan campaign lasted from around June 1944 to August 1945. Periodic...

announcement of Japan's surrender was made – 15 August 1945, in Japan, and because of time zone differences, 14 August 1945 (when it was announced in the United...