Royal Service
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) TOKYO, Sept. 22. Australian and New Zealand athletes will get royal service in one of the Olympic village dining halls—from the Japanese Emperor’s grandson. The 19-year-old Prince, Nobuhiko Higashikitni, has a job waiting on tables and washing dishes for visiting athletes. He is a second-year student at Keio University, one of six in Tokyo, from which more than 200 students have parttime jobs for the Olympics. The prince will be one of 500 studentwaiters. He will be paid the lowest village pay, 14s 5d a day for nine-and-a-half hours work from noon to 9.30 p.m., after attending lectures in the morning. “This is the first time I will be washing dishes in a restaurant,” said Mr Higashikuni, who occasionally helps wash the dishes at home, “but I hope I do not break any.”
He said he decided to work at the village at the suggestion of the university’s tourist promotion department.
“All my life I must act with prudence so as not to invite disgrace on the Imperial family. I decided to take this job after all members, of the Imperial family offered their services to help ensure the success of the Olympics.
“I have little confidence in my ability to speak English, but I expect I will understand the orders of the foreign athletes.”
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30553, 23 September 1964, Page 17
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