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We, the emperor, have ordered
the lmperial Government to notify...
:45:00
...the United States, Great Britain,
China and the Soviet Union...
:45:04
...that we accept their joint declaration.
:45:08
The enemy has made use
of an inhuman bomb...
:45:11
...and is subjecting innocent people
to grievous wounds and massacre.
:45:18
To continue the war would not only
lead to the annihilation of our nature...
:45:23
...but the destruction of human
civilization as well.
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How could we protect our innumerable
subjects, who are like newborns for us?
:45:34
How could we ask forgiveness of the
divine spirits of our imperial ancestors?
:45:39
When our thoughts dwell on those,
our subjects, who died in battle...
:45:44
...and those who perished
by premature death...
:45:47
...and on the families they left behind
them, we feel profoundly upset.
:45:52
lt is our desire to initiate an era
of peace for future generations...
:45:56
...by tolerating the intolerable
and enduring the unendurable...