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Gyokuon-housou

Gyokuon-housou (玉音放送, gyokuon[?] + housou broadcast) is a public speech what a Japanese emperor Hirohito addressed the surrunder of Japan in the end of World War II at the noon, August 15, 1945 in JST.

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Actual entire speech (http://www.blogan.com/Gyokuon_housou.mp3)

See also: History of Japan, World War II, Hirohito

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