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Japanese Instrument of Surrender - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaThe Government in power at the time of negotiations and at the time of the dropping of the Bombs did not surrender. It was replaced. By the Emperor. The Army ran the Government and absolutely refused to surrender, when the Emperor told them he was surrendering the ARMY STAGED A COUP TO STOP HIM.You said that Japan never surrendered "the Japanese Government did not surrender."The Emperor over road the Army and ordered the surrender and even then the Army attempted a Coup to stop the message getting out. Learn a little History.What and who signed what on the USS Missouri?They did not care, They had no fuel for the coming winter and the Government run by the Army DID NOT CARE. read the documents, even after 2 atomic bombs the Japanese Government did not surrender. The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II A Collection of Primary SourcesNo, they couldn't.
The instrument was first signed by the Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu