why did japan accept potsdam declaration
This ultimatum stated that, if Japan did not surrender, it would face prompt and utter destruction.. A picture of a Potsdam Conference session including Clement Attlee, Ernest Bevin, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Joseph Stalin, William D. Leahy, Joseph E. Davies, James F. Byrnes, and Harry S. Truman.or Japan, the terms of the declaration specified: 1  the elimination for all time of the authority and influence of those who have deceived and misled the people of Japan into embarking on world conquest. 2  the occupation of points in Japanese territory to be designated by the Allies .