Editing Hirohito surrender broadcast (section)

== Recording ==
The speech was not broadcast directly, but replayed from a phonograph recording. On August 14, 1945, the [[NHK]] dispatched sound technicians to the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] to record the broadcast.  Microphones were set up in an office bunker under the [[Ministry of the Imperial Household|Imperial Household Ministry]], and Emperor [[Hirohito]] proceeded in between 11:25{{spaces}}p.m. and 11:30{{spaces}}p.m.<ref>{{cite news |title=The coup against the Emperor's broadcast that never was |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/06/national/history/coup-emperors-broadcast-never/ |access-date=June 4, 2020 |agency=The Japan Times |publisher=Kyodo}}</ref> During the first recording he spoke too softly, and upon the advice of the technicians, offered to rerecord it. On the second attempt, his voice was considered too high-pitched, with occasional characters being skipped. Nevertheless, the second version was deemed the official one, with the first serving as a backup.<ref name=therisingsun>{{cite book |last1=Toland |first1=John |title=The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1939-1945 |date=2003 |publisher=The Modern Library |isbn=9780812968583 |pages=838, 849}}</ref>