Editing Occupation of Japan (section)

== Japanese American contribution ==
{{See also|Japanese American service in World War II}}

Japan accepted the terms of the [[Potsdam Declaration]] on August 15, and [[Surrender of Japan|officially surrendered on September 2, 1945]]. Over 5,000 [[Japanese Americans]] served in the occupation of Japan.<ref name="javadc.org"/> Dozens of Japanese Americans served as translators, interpreters, and investigators in the [[International Military Tribunal for the Far East]]. Thomas Sakamoto served as press escort during the occupation of Japan. He escorted American correspondents to Hiroshima, and the USS ''Missouri'' in [[Tokyo Bay]]. Sakamoto was one of three Japanese Americans to be on board the USS ''Missouri'' when the Japanese formally surrendered. Arthur S. Komori served as personal interpreter for Brig. Gen. Elliot R. Thorpe. Kay Kitagawa served as personal interpreter of Fleet Admiral [[William Halsey Jr.]]<ref>{{cite book |title= Nisei linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II|author= James C. McNaughton|publisher= Government Printing Office|pages= 392–442}}</ref> Kan Tagami served as personal interpreter-aide for General Douglas MacArthur.<ref name="javadc.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.javadc.org/Nisei%20Intelligence%20War%20Against%20Japan.htm|title=The Nisei Intelligence War Against Japan|first=Ted|last=Tsukiyama|date=19 November 2004|publisher=Japanese American Veterans Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405145911/http://www.javadc.org/Nisei%20Intelligence%20War%20Against%20Japan.htm|archive-date=2017-04-05|url-status=live}}</ref> Journalist Don Caswell was accompanied by a Japanese American interpreter to [[Fuchū Prison]], where the Japanese government imprisoned communists [[Kyuichi Tokuda]], [[Yoshio Shiga (communist) |Yoshio Shiga]], and Shiro Mitamura.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19451005&id=Le4-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HE0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6294,2955372&hl=en|title= Japanese Diet Called Farce|newspaper= The Tuscaloosa News|date= 5 October 1945|access-date= 23 November 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160409221937/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19451005&id=Le4-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HE0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6294,2955372&hl=en|archive-date= 9 April 2016|url-status= live}}</ref>