Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a memorial service marking the 74th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall on August 15, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's former emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945 following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945.