"the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage"

Yesterday marked the anniversary of Hirohito's famous surrender announcement, which effectively brought World War 2 to an end. The announcement makes for an interesting read, both for what it says and for what it quite specifically does not say. (Just as interesting is the story, which I cannot find online, of the attempted Japanese government coup that almost stopped the surrender broadcast.)

I posted some World War 2/Japan thoughts earlier this month, so I won't rehash them. But this seemed like a reasonably important date to remember.