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The Japanese emperor authorized Unit 731 and was aware of its activities. The notion that the emperor was not aware of specific details of individual atrocities is simply sophistic drivel. The emperor was also aware of the brutal tactics (murders, tortures, and rapes) the Japanese military committed against the Chinese as well as Korean civilians, and POWs. Numerous relatives of the emperor were directly associated with the atrocities. And after Japan's surrender, evidence at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal was presented about the emperor's complicity. However it was removed when the U.S. (shamefully!) decided to give the emperor immunity.

The historical evidence is available. One article is the Japan Policy Research Institute Paper 92, June 2003, "Emperor Hirohito in 20th Century History: The Debate Rekindles" by SUNY Professor of History Herbert P. Bix.

One might (pathetically) argue that it was better the emperor not be justly tried and convicted of war crimes, but to deny the emperor didn't know or allow such war crimes to occur is completely delusional.

And after Japan's surrender, evidence at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal was presented about the emperor's complicity. However it was removed when the U.S. (shamefully!) decided to give the emperor immunity.

I didn't know this.

I could have accepted the idea that a group of sociopaths went off on their own and adopted "methods" that were "unsound"; you clearly know more about this topic than I do.