a question about the date of Japan's defeat in WWII

[cherry_cherry]

I have a question about the date of Japan's defeat in WWII.

In Japan we are taught that WWII ended on August 15, 1945.

But I see different information in other countries in the Internet.

The date is sometimes September 2, 1945, and sometimes September 3, 1945.

On what date do you usually think the war against Japan during WWII ended?

 

[hanachan]

You should ask Russian government about it.
Russian Red Army invaded Chishima islands (Northen Territories) after Japan's surrender on August 15, 1945.
If War is over on that day, Russia (USSR at that time) can not justify that they continue occupying these islands until today.
That's the reason.

Russian conspiracy.

 

[theAlphaDuck]

You should ask Russian government about it.
Russian Red Army invaded Chishima islands (Northen Territories) after Japan's surrender on August 15, 1945.
If War is over on that day, Russia (USSR at that time) can not justify that they continue occupying these islands until today.
That's the reason.
Russian conspiracy.

Japan is Lucky that is ALL that the old CCCP took.

as for Russia justifying keeping the islands....
for them i think it's a case of...
"we have them...they are ours now... and there is nothing you can do about it because we are a global super power and even the US thinks twice before messing with us!"

 

[KirinMan]

Alpha Duck what's you comment got to do with the OP here?

But I see different information in other countries in the Internet.

The date is sometimes September 2, 1945, and sometimes September 3, 1945.

On what date do you usually think the war against Japan during WWII ended?

Good question, just off the top of my head and without doing any serious checking I would venture to say, and I could very well be wrong here as well, however, could it have been due to the time or the amount of time it took to get the official message to the countries and governments that you refer to here?

Were the Japanese also in power in the countries you refer to as well?

 

[Matthew Ota]

The Japanese government surrendered on September 2, 1945 in a ceremony on board the USS Missouri, an American Iowas-call battleship that was anchored in Tokyo Bay.
There is a plaque on board the ship to his very day. The Missouri is now decommissioned and moored in Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor Hawaii as a museum ship.

 

[Mike Cash]

Could the International Date Line perhaps account for the discrepancy?