[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Oh there would have been some that would have fought on until they were all dead no doubt about it. Fanatics are remarkably similar in that way.

But it is also true that even in a fanatical society you will find very few that are true fanatics. Even if the coup had momentary success they would have been quickly overthrown. The human instinct is to live, not die.

[oh8eleven]

Even if the coup had momentary success they would have been quickly overthrown.
I sincerely doubt it, but we'll never know. Just reading the first three paragraphs of the "Japanese Plan for September Defense of Kyushu, Report, Dec 1945." (PDF) lets you know they were more than ready and totally underestimated..

[snip]
"...it was estimated that 421,000 Japanese troops were on KYUSHU"
"Information secured since the occupation of reveals that the overall total strength on KYUSHU of Japanese units of all services and types as of the final day of hostilities totaled approximately 735,000."

[DustyMoment]

Oh there would have been some that would have fought on until they were all dead no doubt about it.

In IEmperial Army surrendered and were repatriated. They had spent 30 years by themselves on a remote island, not knowing that the war had ended. They were cutoff from all communications and were the last surviving members of their units.

[DustyMoment]

Let me try this again:

Oh there would have been some that would have fought on until they were all dead no doubt about it.

In the 1970s, the last two surviving members of Japan's Imperial Army surrendered.

Now you can pick up the rest of the story from my previous comment. Don't know what happened to the post.

The families of the two Japanese soldiers had no idea what happened to them and were elated to have them returned alive to Japan. The men were welcome in Tokyo be a huge crowd of family and well-wishers and were treated to a pleasant retirement.