Which 1945 Allied declaration set the surrender terms that Japan agreed to accept?

The Potsdam Declaration set the surrender terms that Japan agreed to accept in 1945.

The United States, Britain, and China issued the declaration on July 26, 1945, during the final phase of World War II. It demanded the unconditional surrender of Japan’s armed forces and warned of “prompt and utter destruction” if Japan refused.

The declaration also outlined postwar conditions. Japan’s military was to be disarmed, war criminals were to face justice, and Japanese sovereignty would be limited to the home islands and other territories determined by the Allies. It promised that the Japanese people would not be enslaved or destroyed as a nation.

Japan’s leaders debated the terms after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet Union’s entry into the war against Japan. Emperor Hirohito ultimately supported acceptance. The surrender document signed aboard USS Missouri then formalized Japan’s agreement to those Allied conditions.