After World War II these islands were converted to residential or recreational use. Odaiba, also known as Daiba, was one of six artificial islands constructed in 1853 as a fortification to protect the Tokugawa shogunate at Edo, and was known as the Shinagawa Daiba.

Planners of the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945—marking the end not just to World War II but to 15 years of Japan’s military rampage across Asia—had more time to prepare this event than had Washington or Grant, and so cloaked it in even greater symbolism.

The signing took place on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. The date is sometimes known as Victory over Japan Day.

These ships of the Allied navies of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945) when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63).

After almost four years of humiliating setbacks, climactic naval battles, and bloody invasions from Pearl Harbor to Bataan, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Pacific War—and World War II—had finally come to an end.

Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The...

Aug 8, 2023 · Accepted at TOKYO BAY, JAPAN at 0903 I on the SECOND day of SEPTEMBER, 1945, for the United States, Republic of China, United Kingdom, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and in the interests of the other United Nations at war with Japan.

Mar 12, 2025 · Third Fleet ships steaming off Tokyo Bay, before entering for the occupation of Japan, August 1945 (80-G-472620). The spring of 1945 found the Japanese Empire in a desperate situation. The...

Sep 14, 2024 · The surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay, marked the official end of World War II. It brought together representatives of the Allied Powers and Japan to formally conclude the hostilities that had ravaged much of the globe for nearly six years.

Aug 29, 2024 · Halsey’s Missouri entered Tokyo Bay on August 29, 1945, just over 92 years after Perry’s Mississippi docked at that same port. While Perry’s visit had jump-started the birth of an empire,...