Amazing Story of the Japanese Soldiers who did not surrender until the 1970’s September 3, 2017 Unipro2013main WW2, WW2 Documentaries Japanese Soldiers who did not surrender until the 1970’sHiroo Onoda (1922-2014) was one of the last Japanese Soldiers of WWII to be relieved from Duty and surrender to authorities, holding out on a Philippine island until March 1974.