VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day, is commemorated on August 15 each year and marks the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces, bringing World War II to an end after nearly six years.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla, along with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, attend a special VJ Day remembrance service at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. During the national service of remembrance, the King and Queen laid flowers in tribute. Around 33 men, now aged between 96 and 105, who served in the military in the Far East and Pacific, were the guests of honour at the event.
Meanwhile, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender. In a national ceremony at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan Hall, about 4500 officials, bereaved families, and their descendants from around the country observed a moment of silence at noon - the time when the then-emperor Hirohito's surrender speech began on August 15, 1945.
In the United States, VJ Day is officially acknowledged on September 2, the day of the formal signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Japan's Tokyo Bay.
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