Nine Allied nations signed Japan’s surrender instrument after the Japanese representatives.
The United States signed first among the Allied representatives, followed by China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. Together, these signatures represented the principal Allied governments involved in the final Pacific War settlement.
General Douglas MacArthur signed for the Allied powers, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signed for the United States. General Xu Yongchang represented China, while Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signed for the United Kingdom.
Counting can be confusing because the United States is both an Allied nation and the nation represented by Nimitz. The figure nine refers to the Allied governments represented by signatures, not to the total number of individual signatories. The two Japanese signatories are counted separately.