The Japanese signing of the Instrument of Surrender took place on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, officially ending World War II. High-ranking Japanese officials, including Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu, signed the document on behalf of the Japanese government and military. Representatives from the Allied Powers, including General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and delegates from nations such as the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China, also signed the document. The ceremony was brief but solemn, symbolizing the end of hostilities and the beginning of peace and postwar reconstruction.