On what date was the Potsdam Declaration issued, setting terms Japan later accepted?

The Potsdam Declaration was issued on July 26, 1945.

The declaration was released during the Potsdam Conference near Berlin, where Allied leaders were coordinating the final stages of World War II and planning the postwar order. It called for Japan's armed forces to surrender and specified that Japan would face severe consequences if it refused.

The document was issued in the names of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek. The Soviet Union did not sign it at that point because it was still neutral in the war against Japan, entering that conflict in August.

Japan's government initially rejected the declaration through the term mokusatsu, often translated as ignoring or withholding comment. After the atomic bombings and the Soviet entry into the war, Japan accepted its terms, leading to the August announcement and September signing.