 Japanese Emperor Hirohito officially capitulated to the Allies on August 15, 1945.The official surrender was signed aboard the battleship on September 2, 1945, in a ceremony where several Allied commanders including Chinese general Hsu Yung-chang were present.After the Allied victory in the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur ordered all Japanese forces within China (excluding Manchuria), Taiwan and French Indochina north of 16° north latitude to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek, and the Japanese troops in China formally surrendered on September 9, 1945, at 9