They don't whisper so much as signal and allude, and as the article also explains, Akihito was quite good at tweaking the noses of the far right. However, this

They don't whisper so much as signal and allude, and as the article also explains, Akihito was quite good at tweaking the noses of the far right. However, this is a far cry from denouncing "the prevalence of far-right nationalist chauvinists in the highest positions of Japanese politics and economy".