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Victory over Japan Day
V-J Day is the abbreviation for Victory over Japan Day, the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which took place on August 15, 1945, ending the Second World War. In Japan, the day is known as, Shusen-kinenbi, which literally means the "Memorial day for the end of the war".
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