On July 26 ( Berlin time ) , the Potsdam Conference issued a declaration on the terms for the surrender of Japan . When the Potsdam Declaration was received in Japan over shortwave , the Minister for Foreign Affairs Shigenori Tōgō brought a copy to the Emperor of Japan , Hirohito . After going over the declaration point by point , the emperor asked Tōgō if those terms " were the most reasonable to be expected in the circumstances " . Tōgō said that they were . The emperor said , " I agree . In principle they are acceptable . " In late July , however , the other ministers were not ready to accept the declaration
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