1943 Cairo Declaration President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China were present. It is their purpose that Japan shall be stripped of all the islands in the Pacific which she has seized or occupied since the beginning of the first World War in 1914, and that all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa, and The Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China.
Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender Issued, at Potsdam, July 26, 1945 1.We-the President of the United States, the President of the National Government of the Republic of China, and the Prime Minister of Great Britain, representing the hundreds of millions of our countrymen, have conferred and agree that Japan shall be given an opportunity to end this war. That "The terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out and Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine."[9]
《終戰詔書》(日語:終戦詔書〔終󠄁戰詔書〕/しゅうせんしょうしょ shūsen shōsho),全稱《大東亞戰爭終結之詔書》(大東亜戦争終結ノ詔書〔大東亞戰爭終󠄁結ノ詔書〕/だいとうあせんそうしゅうけつのしょうしょ daitōa sensō shūketsu no shōsho),是指日本昭和天皇在第二次世界大戰末期公開表示接受美、英、中、蘇四國在波茨坦會議上發表的《波茨坦公告》,同意無條件投降的詔書,被視為日本投降、第二次世界大戰完全結束的象徵。 朕󠄂ハ帝󠄁國政府ヲシテ、米・英・支・蘇四國ニ對シ、其ノ共同宣言ヲ受諾スル旨通󠄁吿セシメタリ。 朕使帝國政府,對美、英、中、蘇四國,通告受諾其共同宣言之旨。
降伏文書 下名ハ茲ニ合衆国、中華民国及「グレート、ブリテン」国ノ政府ノ首班ガ千九百四十五年七月二十六日「ポツダム」ニ於テ発シ後ニ「ソヴィエト」社会主義共和国聯邦ガ参加シタル宣言ノ条項ヲ日本国天皇、日本国政府及日本帝国大本営ノ命ニ依リ且之ニ代リ受諾ス右四国ハ以下之ヲ聯合国ト称ス INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, hereby accept the provisions set forth in the declaration issued by the heads of the Governments of the United States, China and Great Britain on 26 July 1945, at Potsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which four powers are hereafter referred to as the Allied Powers.
Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China and Japan Article II It is recognized that under Article 2 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan signed at the city of San Francisco in the United States of America on September 8, 1951[2] (hereinafter referred to as the San Francisco Treaty), Japan has renounced all right, title and claim to Taiwan (Formosa) and Penghu (the Pescadores) as well as the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands.
Article IV It is recognized that all treaties, conventions and agreements concluded before December 9, 1941, between China and Japan have become null and void as a consequence of the war.