Nine Allied nations sent representatives to sign the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
The nine were the United States, China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. Each country had a representative sign the document aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.
The Allied signatures followed the Japanese signatures and Douglas MacArthur's signature as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz signed for the United States, while General Hsu Yung-chang represented China. The other representatives included Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser for the United Kingdom and General Kuzma Derevyanko for the Soviet Union.
The number nine can be confused with other counts connected to the ceremony. There were two Japanese signatories, while eleven Japanese delegates were present in total. MacArthur signed in his Allied command role before the individual national representatives added their signatures.
The ceremony represented a broad coalition that had fought Japan across the Asia-Pacific region. Although the signing formally ended hostilities, different Allied countries later concluded separate postwar arrangements with Japan.