On what date was Japan’s surrender ceremony held in Nanjing for the China theater?

Japan’s surrender ceremony for the China theater was held in Nanjing on September 9, 1945.

The ceremony took place at the auditorium of the Central Army Military Academy at 9 a.m. Japanese General Yasuji Okamura signed the surrender document for Japanese forces in China, while Chinese General He Yingqin accepted it on behalf of the Allied side.

This regional ceremony followed the broader surrender ceremony aboard USS Missouri on September 2. Japanese forces across the vast China theater still had to receive detailed orders and formally surrender to the appropriate Allied commanders. Nanjing, the wartime capital of the Nationalist government, was selected as the setting.

The date is sometimes confused with September 2 because the latter marked Japan’s overall formal surrender. It is also distinct from October 25, 1945, when Japanese forces in Taiwan formally surrendered to the Republic of China at Taipei.