Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan yin watsi da (mokusatsu) Yarjejeniyar Potsdam, Daular Japan ta mika wuya kuma ta kawo karshen yakin duniya na biyu bayan bama-baman nukiliya na Hiroshima da Nagasaki, da sanarwar yaƙi da Tarayyar Soviet da kuma na gaba
mamaye 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".