Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan watsi da (mokusatsu) Yarjejeniyar Potsdam, Daular Japan ta miƙa wuya kuma ta ƙare Yaƙin Duniya na II bayan fashewar bom na atomatik na Hiroshima da Nagasaki, sanarwar yaƙi da Tarayyar Soviet da mamayewa na Manchuria
da sauran yankuna. A cikin jawabin rediyo na kasa a ranar 15 ga Agusta, Sarkin sarakuna Hirohito ya sanar da mika wuya ga mutanen Japan ta "Gyokuon-hōsō".