who did japan surrender to in ww2?
Iwane Matsui
contradiction
 The Japanese government did not react . Emperor Hirohito , the government , and the war council considered four conditions for surrender : the preservation of the kokutai ( Imperial institution and national polity ) , assumption by the Imperial Headquarters of responsibility for disarmament and demobilization , no occupation of the Japanese Home Islands , Korea , or Formosa , and delegation of the punishment of war criminals to the Japanese government . 

entailment
 The Allied occupation of Japan began soon after . On November 19 the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers issued an arrest warrant for Matsui on suspicion of war crimes . Matsui was ill with pneumonia at the time and so was given until March to recover . One of Matsui 's final acts before going to prison was to ask his wife to adopt their longtime maid Hisae as their daughter . He also converted from Shintoism to Buddhism and asked that his wife do the same . On March 6 , 1946 , he checked himself in to Sugamo Prison . 

contradiction
 Following the signing of the instrument of surrender , many further surrender ceremonies took place across Japan 's remaining holdings in the Pacific . Japanese forces in South East Asia surrendered on September 12 , 1945 in Singapore . Taiwan 's Retrocession Day ( October 25 ) , marked the end of Japanese rule of Taiwan and the subsequent rule by the Republic Of China government . It was not until 1947 that all prisoners held by America and Britain were repatriated . As late as April 1949 , China still held more than 60 @,@ 000 Japanese prisoners . Some , such as Shozo Tominaga , were not repatriated until the late 1950s . 

neutral
 " The occupying forces of the Allies shall be withdrawn from Japan as soon as these objectives have been accomplished and there has been established , in accordance with the freely expressed will of the Japanese people , a peacefully inclined and responsible government . " 

neutral
 At the suggestion of American psychological operations experts , B @-@ 29s spent August 13 dropping leaflets over Japan , describing the Japanese offer of surrender and the Allied response . The leaflets had a profound effect on the Japanese decision @-@ making process . As August 14 dawned , Suzuki , Kido , and the Emperor realized the day would end with either an acceptance of the American terms or a military coup . 
