 September 2, 1945, the battleship Missouri steams into Tokyo Bay. On the necks of this giant ship, the document that is to reduce Japan to a fifth-rate power is to be signed. Now, General Douglas MacArthur appears, accompanied by high-ranking officers of the United States Army. We are gathered here, representatives of the major warring powers, to conclude a solemn agreement whereby peace may be restored. Hesitant and nervous, Shigemitsu signs the obituary to 2,605 years of an unbroken dynasty, during which no foreign troops had occupied Japanese soil.