The Japanese Cabinet Could Not Make a Decision

Hirohito is the japanese emperor. The preservation of his position is crucial in any surrender. He kept hoping, right through august, that russia might serve as an intermediary for a negotiated peace. By the time the news came through about a second bomb on nagasaki, the decision had all but been made. Listen to professor hasagawa explaing how the big six, a group more powerful than the cabinet, responded to the news of that second bomb.