In this Aug. 15, 1945 photo, Japanese people kneel in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as Emperor Hirohito announced on radio that Japan was defeated in the World War II. The original recording of Japan’s Emperor Hirohito’s war-ending speech has come back to life in digital form. The original sound was released Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 by the Imperial Household Agency in digital format, ahead of the 70th anniversary of the speech and the war’s end. (Kyodo New via AP) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY