Original audio of Emperor Showa's surrender speech made public

Original audio of Emperor Showa's surrender speech made public

Photo taken July 24, 2015, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo shows the vinyl master records of Emperor Hirohito's speech announcing Japan's surrender in World War II to the Allied Forces on Aug. 15, 1945. The agency made available to the public for the first time the original audio from them on Aug. 1 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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