1945 in Japan

Years in Japan:	1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
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Years:	1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948

1945 was the 20th year of the Showa period in Japan, the last year of World War II and the first year of the Allied occupation.

[edit] Incumbents

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, August 9.

March 10: Major bombing of Tokyo, Sendai and Morioka.
March 12: First bombing of Nagoya.
March 13: First bombing of Osaka.
March 26: U.S. forces win the Battle of Iwo Jima, defeating the last remaining troops led by Tadamichi Kuribayashi.
March 31: Fukuoka Bank is founded.
April 7: The Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk.
April 7: Suzuki forms his cabinet.
May 1: Hiroshima Bank is founded.
May 24: Second major bombing of Tokyo.
May 29: First bombing of Yokohama.
July 26: Allies issue Potsdam Declaration; Japan refuses to agree to its terms.
August 6: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
August 8: Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
August 9: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
August 15: Last Allied bombing of Japan takes place in Odawara.

Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito.

August 15: Emperor Hirohito declares Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration.
August 30: Douglas MacArthur arrives in Japan.
September 2: Japanese officials sign instrument of surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri.
October 2: Office of the Supreme Commander Allied Powers is established at the Dai-Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo.
October 5: Higashikuni cabinet resigns.
October 9: Shidehara cabinet is formed.
October 15: Peace Preservation Law is repealed.
December 17: Women's suffrage is granted in Diet elections.
December 18: House of Representatives is dissolved: Diet elections called for April 1, 1946.