Why Japan Surrendered in WW2 #ww2

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains to this day, the only time in history in which nuclear weapons have been used against civilian targets, with over 200,000 people dying as a direct result of the attacks.
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Five days later, Japan, a nation that hadn't been defeated in over 2,000 years, issued their surrender, and for the first time was occupied by a foreign power.

But is this the real reason they surrendered or are there other factors that have been overlooked?

Why did President Harry Truman believe the use of such a devastating weapon was the only thing capable of forcing them to surrender and what effect did the Soviet Union's entry into the war have on Japan's key decision makers?

What were the American invasion plans for the Japanese home islands had the atomic bombs not worked and how many millions of Japanese civilians were prepared to sacrifice their lives in the defense of the homeland?

Why did it take Japan so long to surrender and how did a military coup manage to take control of the entire imperial palace and come close to destroying the Emperor’s peace plans on the very day that surrender was announced.

[TheLifeGuide]

Why do you think Japan Surrendered in WW2?

[meadowthedoe]

I would argue that Japan has, in fact, been defeated in one way or another before their surrender after the World War 2. Japanese army failed an invasion and had to retreat and stop a war during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea in the 16th century. I would also say that the "opening" of Japan to foreign countries, other than Netherlands, and them forcing Japan to join the new industrial world over the old feudal regime in the late Edo period is also a defeat, not military, but rather ideological.