Not quite. The view of the Japanese military hardliners was that the atomic bombing [pico-dan] of Japanese cities had driven the divine emperor insane, and that their obligation girito protect his honor was to kill the emperor to prevent the dissemination of his 15 August gyokuon-hōsō Imperial Rescript of Surrender, which they viewed would dishonor him, and then die themselves in battle.
As an example into their mindset: if President Obama were to unilaterally surrender to the Iranians and agree to have the United States submit to a Sharia law, what do you think the reaction of most Americans, and hopefully most of our military, would be?
Compliance. Because tolerance. (/sarc barely off)