Government of Japan
The Current Emperor of Japan (今上天皇) is Akihito. He was officially enthroned on November 12, 1990. He is styled as "His Imperial Majesty" (天皇陛下), and his reign bears the era name of Heisei (平成). Naruhito, the Crown Prince of Japan, is the heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Yasuhira Kiyohara
Seicho Matsumoto (松本 清張, Matsumoto Seicho) was one of the influential writers of the history of modern Japan as well as mysterious novels. In his "Showa Shi Hakkutsu" 『昭和史発掘』,Matsumoto cited what Yasuhira Kiyohara later revealed in 1986, in characterizing the incident, that Kiyohara led his group of soldiers to the front of the Imperial Palace without any machine guns or weapons. Matsumoto saw in this fact that they were so immature and misunderstood Emperor Hirohito. Kiyohara said in a round-table discussion that "it was our program that we enter the Palace with the permission of Emperor Hirohito through Military Officer General to his Majesty Honjo. However, Emperor Hirohito was very furious at our coup d'état."
He wrote a book titled "Konpaku" in which he describes the coup and Chizuko Mifune, a younger sister of his mother.