Author: Hersey Shiga

PEOPLE Grace, who’s 83 now, is in a retirement home here in Tokyo and unfortunately isn’t able to get out and about…

PEOPLE MIN-ON’S DYNAMIC FLAMENCO SHOW  The highlight of showbiz entertainment for me in December was the  Min—On Concert Association’s Flamenco Show at…

PEOPLE I had the privilege of attending the opening reception for artist Toko Shinoda which was wall—to—wall international VIPs. Long time friends…

PEOPLE Tsukasa Shiga’s welcome party for the F-1 drivers at the Chic Club was wall-to-wall beautiful models and many of the best…

PEOPLE Pope Francis’s first visit to Cuba and the U.S. His trip was so full of good things l spent much of…

PEOPLE  Thanks to good people like entrepreneur Raymond Johnson I’ve met so many truly good and interesting people. Recently I was able…

PEOPLE If you follow the column you know for me, people are what it’s all about, and I’d like to open this…

PEOPLE SAYONARA TO CANADA’S LAURIE PETERS It was nice seeing Canada‘s Consul Laurie Peters at a recent National Day party. The only…

PEOPLE Superstar George Clooney, whom we featured on our June cover,  was in town to promote the film “Tomorrowland” for Disney. I…

PEOPLE First, big and sincere congratulations to the Duke of Cambridge,  William, and his beautiful wife, Kate, on the birth of their…

PEOPLE Holy Week was very busy as well. Friends who went to Ash  Wednesday services at the popular Franciscan Chapel were pleas- …

PEOPLE My Cinderella Lesson by Steve Haynes, one of Japan’s most talented and popular foreigners. For his new book, Steve worked with…

PEOPLE STANDING OVATIONS FOR TAO DRUMMERS lt was standing room only at Bunkamura’s Orchard Hall for the Drum TAO Group’s latest show “33…

PEOPLE I played couch potato quite a bit during the holidays, and thanks to the Uemura family (Tohoku Shinsha, National Supermarkets), I…

PEOPLE Many friends traveled over the holidays include Lilo Maruyama, her husband Mitsuo, and her sons Helge and Thomas. They celebrated Helge’s birthday in…

PEOPLE NICK MASEE’S ANNUAL CHARITY BARBECUE I’ve known Nick Masee, managing director of Asian Tigers Mobility Japan for a long time and…

PEOPLE The city’s fashion calendar has been lively. Vogue had their annual fashion night on Omotesando and Mercedes Benz had many events…

PEOPLE U.S. CULTURAL ATTACHE RICHARD MEPS SAYONARA AT THE CANADIAN EMBASSY As it was with Christian and Helene Masset, it’s never easy…

PEOPLE DR. EUGENE AKSENOFF, 1924-2014 I also wanted to say a sad farewell to a medical man who has done so much…

PEOPLE A big welcome to the new Brazilian Ambassador Andre Correa Do Lago and his dynamic wife Beatrice. They’re a very tall…

Thanks to the busy promoters at Kyodo Tokyo, whose artists include the Rolling Stones and Paul McCarthy, I met the rising star…