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| 1945 August 12 |
| | | The Japanese in Korea surrender to the Russians in the north and to the Americans in the south | |
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| 1945 August 14 |
| | | The emperor Hirohito, on the first occasion that his people have heard his voce, declares on radio that defeat must be accepted | |
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| 1945 August 19 |
| | | With the surrender of the Japanese, Vietminh guerrillas seize the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi | |
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| 1945 August 29 |
| | | Douglas MacArthur – in his role as Supreme Commander, Allied Powers – is appointed to administer postwar Japan | |
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| 1945 September 2 |
| | | Ho Chi Minh proclaims the democratic republic of Vietnam, independent of the colonial power, France | |
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| 1945 September 2 |
| | | World War II ends officially with the surrender of Japan, formally accepted by Douglas MacArthur | |
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| 1946 |
| | | Aung San's party, the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, wins a landslide victory in the Burmese election | |
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| 1946 |
| | | The Indochina War breaks out in Vietnam between the French colonial forces and the Vietminh | |
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| 1946 January I |
| | | The Japanese emperor Hirohito renounces his traditional divine status and declares that he is mortal | |
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| 1946 March 27 |
| | | Twenty-five Japanese defendants are put on trial in Tokyo, charged with war crimes | |
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