Monday 27th December, 06:52 AM JST
TOKYO —
A former Gakushuin Kindergarten chief who has served as caretaker for Princess Aiko will resign from the Imperial Household Agency on Monday for personal reasons, agency officials said Sunday.
Hisako Koyama, 64, who headed the Tokyo kindergarten when the 9-year-old princess attended there, has recently suffered from poor health, sources familiar with the matter said.
After her retirement from the top kindergarten post, Koyama began working for the Crown Prince’s Household to be in charge of rearing the princess in April 2008 at the request of her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, who wanted to do their best for their only child’s education.
The princess is now in her third year at Gakushuin Primary School. She had stayed away from school at the end of second grade in March, but now spends more time there as she continues to attend a limited number of classes with her mother accompanying her, according to the agency.
The princess, one of the four grandchildren of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, temporarily stayed away from school after reportedly being shocked by the ‘‘rough behavior’’ of some boys in her grade.
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