for emperor hirohito and japanese militarism, the war was lost. japan sued for peace.washington, they hurried to the white house. the united states cabinet, studying japan's surrender, with full coordination of the governments of britain, china, and russia and other allies. the world remembers president franklin delano roosevelt. a grateful world honors him today. douglas macarthur, leader of pacific armies, now named supreme allied commander. chang kai-shek, leader of fighting china. harry s. truman, four months after taking the oath of president, leads his country to peace. they met in an emergency session, the president breaks the momentous news of japan's surrender. >> i have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government in reply to the message forwarded to that government by the secretary on august 11. i deem this reply a full acceptance of the potsdam declaration, which emphasized the unconditional surrender of japan. there is no qualification. arrangements are being made for the formal signing of the surrender terms at the earliest possible mome

prince mikasa who is a younger brother of the late emperor whose given name was hirohito. he was admitted to a tokyo hospital in mid-may after suffering acute pneumonia. sources say he was in and out of the intensive care unit since due to a series of health issues including heart problem and further pneumonia. in late june, he add a pacemaker implanted in his heart. once again, japan's prince mikasa has passed away. the uncle to emperor akahito was 100 years old. the prince died on thursday. prince mikasa was a younger brother of the late emperor shoa whose given name was hirohito. he was admitted to a tokyo hospital in mid-may after suffering acute pneumonia. sources say he was in and out of the intensive care unit since due to a series of health issues including heart problems and further pneumonia. in late june, he had a pacemaker implanted in his heart. zblchblgs >>> on to other stories we're following this hour. two new earthquakes rocked central italy where a temblor killed 300 people in the town of amatrice and elsewhere in august. the u.s. geological survey says a

prince mikasa who is a younger brother of the late emperor whose given name was hirohito. to a tokyo hospital in mid-may after suffering acute pneumonia. sources say he was in and out of the intensive care unit since due to a series of health issues

prince miksa was the younger brother of late emperor showa whose given name was hirohito. he was admitted to the hospital in mid-may after suffering acute pneumonia. he's been in and out since due to issues including heart problems and further pneumonia. he is survived by 19 imperial members. prince miksa was the fifth in line to the imperial throne. four men now hold the right to the succession. re's a lkk back on the past prince miksa took through life. >> reporter:rirince miksa was born in 1915 as the fourth son of emperoror taisho. shshe was staff officer with the perial army. he served at the imperial general headquarters in tokyo. after the war, prince miksa wrote that he hadn't been fully aware how evil wars were and that the fact always makes him remorseful. he went on to become a historian majoring in ancient history at the university of tokyo as a research student. he had a long career teaching at a number of universities. he also devoted himself to improving international relations. he had especially close ties with people in turkey. a country he became familiar

governor hirohito kuroda signals that japan may not hit its goal until 2018. good morning, everyone. i am francine lacqua here in london. we have a great show lined up for you today. in a half hour, we re-bring you an interview. later, we speak to franklin temperatures mark mobius. here is sebastian salek. sebastian: the second presidential debate lived up to expectations. hisld trump dismissed rivals comments and try to deflect comments. meanwhile the democratic nominee said sean's remarks shows he is unfit to serve as president. >> i did not say that at all. this was locker room talk. i'm not proud of it, i apologize to my family and to the american people. i am not proud of it. but this is locker room talk. >> what we all saw and heard on friday was donald talking about women. what he thinks about women. what he does to women. he has said that the video does not represent who he is, but i think it is clear to anyone who heard it, it represents exactly who he is. haltedan: samsung has production of its note 7 phone. it comes after several reports phones also

governor hirohito kuroda signals that japan may not hit its goal until 2018.veryone. i am francine lacqua here in london.