It is very likely that two actions of the United States made it easier for Japan to refuse to acknowledge its war guilt and war crimes. Those actions were the protection of Emperor Hirohito from prosecution as a war criminal and the premature winding up of Allied war crime prosecutions in East Asia and the Pacific region. Both actions were based entirely on political expediency.
The United States protected Japan's leading war criminal - Emperor Hirohito
An unfortunate aspect of the continuing refusal by Japan to acknowledge its war guilt and war crimes between 1937 and 1945 is the probability that young Japanese will not be made aware of the complicity of Emperor Hirohito in Japan's military aggression and war crimes.
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