<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hirohito">Emperor Hirohito</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito_surrender_broadcast" id="mwAXE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hirohito surrender broadcast">broadcasts his declaration of surrender</a> following the effective <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" id="mwAXI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Surrender of Japan">surrender of Japan</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwAXM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule" id="mwAXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Korea under Japanese rule">Korea</a> gains <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberation_Day_of_Korea" id="mwAXU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Liberation Day of Korea">independence</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwAXY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a>.