Because there were ships that could be used against them stationed there.
Pearl Harbor .
Japan attacked the United States Naval Base on the Hawaiin Islands on December 7th 1941
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December 7, 1941
1941 December 7
Pearl Harbor
because of the atomic bomb. american dropped most dangerous cemical bomb on japan because japan attacked american pearl harbor its a navel base on hawaii.
Japan didn't surrender in a city, but on the US Naval ship the Missouri. She is in dry dock(I think) and is a historical site today. You can visit her.
Japanese bomb naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 07 Dec 1941
Tinian Island of the North Mariana Islands.
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, bringing the United States into World War II.
1945 .The second bomb was dropped August, 1945. In fact, Nagasaki was a secondary target. The initial target, a naval base, was shocked in by fog and low ceiling.