小田野侍従長が勇退へ　後任は別所侍従次長―宮内庁

　宮内庁で天皇、皇后両陛下を補佐する側近トップの小田野展丈侍従長（７３）が４月１日付で勇退し、後任に別所浩郎侍従次長（６８）が就くことが１８日、関係者への取材で分かった。近く閣議で決める。
　別所氏は東京大法卒。１９７５年に外務省入りし、韓国大使、国連大使を経て２０２０年１月に宮内庁侍従次長に就任した。（2021/03/18-10:24）

Nobutake Odano, 73, grand chamberlain to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, will retire as of April 1, informed source said Thursday.
   The senior Imperial Household Agency post will go to Koro Bessho, 68, who currently serves as deputy grand chamberlain to the Imperial couple, the sources said.
   The personnel change will be decided at a cabinet meeting soon.
   Bessho, who joined Japan's Foreign Ministry in 1975, assumed his current position in January 2020 after serving in posts including ambassador to South Korea and ambassador to the United Nations.
   Odano entered the ministry in 1970. He became grand master of the ceremonies at the Imperial Household Agency in September 2012 and then grand master of the Crown Prince's Household in May 2016 to assist Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, who were Crown Prince and Crown Princess at the time.