The night before this speech was delivered, two men rode through town on a horse and motorcycle throwing leaflets at random passers-by to explain their actions.
The night before this speech was delivered, two men rode through town on a horse and motorcycle throwing leaflets at random passers-by to explain their actions. This speech warns against "outbursts of emotion" that might lose "the confidence of the world," and implores the addressees to look to the "construction of the future." A follow-up address had to clarify this speech, since it was delivered in high classical language and avoided using a certain word. Pledging that its listeners would "endure the unendurable," it was played from a recording smuggled out after officers stormed the Imperial Palace in the Kyujo Incident. For 10 points, name this radio address by Hirohito that ended an Asian country's participation in World War II.
The night before this speech was delivered, two men rode through town on a horse and motorcycle throwing leaflets at random passers-by to explain their actions.
Jewel Voice Broadcast [or Gyokuon-hoso; accept any answer about Japan and Surrendering; accept Hirohito's address after the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings before "Hirohito"]