The conditions the Japanese Supreme War Council (made up of the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy, and the Chiefs of the Army and Navy General Staffs; the only higher authority was the Emperor) were willing to accept were:

1. The Emperor continued unmolested as the head of state,

2. Japan was responsible for its own disarmament,

3. There would be no occupation, and

4. Japan would conduct its own war crime trials.