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JAPANESE DIPLOMAT TO BECOME CHIEF OF CROWN PRINCE NARUHITO'S HOUSEHOLD
Kyodo News Service
4 Apr 06
Tokyo, 4 April: Japanese Ambassador to Russia Issei Nomura will become
the top official in charge of Crown Prince Naruhito's household,
effective Thursday [6 April], the government decided at a cabinet
meeting Tuesday. Hideki Hayashida, the current grand master of the
crown prince's household, will leave office on Thursday.
A native of Hiroshima Prefecture, Nomura, 65, joined the Foreign
Ministry in 1963. He has served as Japan's ambassador to Russia,
Armenia, Turkmenistan and Belarus since 2002 after serving as
ambassador to Malaysia and Germany. Nomura has close relations with
Hisashi Owada and his wife Yumiko, the parents of Crown Princess
Masako.
Hayashida, who worked for the former Ministry of Education before
becoming the grand chamberlain of the crown prince's household in
November 2001, became the grand master in May 2002.
Kyodo News Service
4 Apr 06
Tokyo, 4 April: Japanese Ambassador to Russia Issei Nomura will become
the top official in charge of Crown Prince Naruhito's household,
effective Thursday [6 April], the government decided at a cabinet
meeting Tuesday. Hideki Hayashida, the current grand master of the
crown prince's household, will leave office on Thursday.
A native of Hiroshima Prefecture, Nomura, 65, joined the Foreign
Ministry in 1963. He has served as Japan's ambassador to Russia,
Armenia, Turkmenistan and Belarus since 2002 after serving as
ambassador to Malaysia and Germany. Nomura has close relations with
Hisashi Owada and his wife Yumiko, the parents of Crown Princess
Masako.
Hayashida, who worked for the former Ministry of Education before
becoming the grand chamberlain of the crown prince's household in
November 2001, became the grand master in May 2002.