writer 0 2005-07-05T00:00:00Z A producer for the Korean Broadcasting System, which is doing a special program commemorating August 15, 1945, recently asked me why Japan's ruling elites rejected the Potsdam Declaration. "What issue most impeded their decision to surrender?" he inquired. "Shouldn't they have cared more for the sa... Herbert 41792 false 2005-07-05T00:00:00Z Bix 8229 5907 0 1 Japan's Surrender japans-surrender-decision-and-the-monarchy-by-herbert-bix Japan's Surrender Decision and the Monarchy: 2009-09-25T05:09:16Z 166