Original audio of Emperor Showa's surrender speech made public

File photo taken Aug. 15, 1945, at an unknown place shows people kneeling in front of a radio to listen to the announcement of Emperor Hirohito about Japan's surrender in World War II to the Allied Forces. The Imperial Household Agency made available on Aug. 1, 2015, to the public for the first time the original audio from the vinyl master records of the emperor's speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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