On August 15, 1945, the emperor announced Japan's surrender. Taiwanese soldiers of the Japanese military in Allied prisoner-of-war camps heard the Imperial Rescript on Surrender, asking them to put down their weapons and give up the fight.
1945 年 8 月 15 日，日本天皇宣布投降，被盟軍俘虜的台籍日本兵，一樣在集中營裡聽著天皇的「聖旨」，要大家解除武裝，不可再戰鬥下去。