<Li> August 15 - Last Allied bombing of Japan takes place in Odawara . </Li> <Ul> <Li> August 15 - Emperor Hirohito declares Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration . </Li> <Li> August 15 - The victory and success of joint U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground troops, including local recognized guerrilla fighters, was completed and capturing around the Philippines included Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and defeated and surrendering Japanese troops . </Li> <Li> August 30 - Douglas MacArthur arrives in Japan . </Li> <Li> September 2 - Japanese officials sign instrument of surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri . </Li> <Li> September 2 - The commanding general of the Imperial Japanese Army by general Tomoyuki Yamashita was surrendered by the American and Filipino troops at Kiangan, Mountain Province </Li> <Li> 24 September - Hirohito says that he did not want war and blames Tojo for the attack on Pearl Harbor </Li> <Li> October 2 - Office of the Supreme Commander Allied Powers is established at the Dai - Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo . </Li> <Li> October 5 - Higashikuni cabinet resigns . </Li> <Li> October 9 - Shidehara cabinet is formed . </Li> <Li> October 15 - Peace Preservation Law is repealed . </Li> <Li> December 17 - Women's suffrage is granted in Diet elections . </Li> <Li> December 18 - House of Representatives is dissolved: Diet elections called for April 1, 1946 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> August 15 - Emperor Hirohito declares Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration . </Li> <Li> August 15 - The victory and success of joint U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground troops, including local recognized guerrilla fighters, was completed and capturing around the Philippines included Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and defeated and surrendering Japanese troops . </Li>

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