Bill’s Partyline May 7th, 2004
PEOPLE The Grand Hyatt Tokyo can be proud of its American “Team Leader, Executive Doorman;‘ Eric Douglas Foss. Originally from Los Angeles,…
Bill’s Partyline April 16th, 2004
PEOPLE I just got a letter from the former Thai ambassador in Tokyo, Sakthip Krairiksh, and his wife Benchapa. They’ll be leaving…
Bill’s Partyline April 2nd, 2004
PEOPLE Thai Ambassador Kasit Piromya and his wife Chintana, will be heading for Washington soon. He’s to be the new Thai Ambassador…
Bill’s Partyline March 19th, 2004
PEOPLE After five and a half very active years in Japan, South African Ambassador Krish Mackerdhuj has returned to his beautiful homeland….
Bill’s Partyline March 5th, 2004
PEOPLE I’m so lucky in that I meet so many interesting and nice people. When people ask who are the favorite celebs…
Bill’s Partyline February 6th, 2004
PEOPLE Going back over recent columns, I saw I didn’t give much-deserved credit to several individuals and companies who helped in making…
Bill’s Partyline Jan 16th, 2004
PEOPLE After seven years as Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Alexandre Panov and his wife Eugenija have returned to Moscow. There was,…
Bill’s Partyline December 5th, 2003
PEOPLE On the showbiz scene, Manila is starting to bring in some of the world’s top entertainers. Mariah Carey did her “Charm…
Bill’s Partyline November 21st, 2003
PEOPLE People-watching in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt can really be interesting. One recent evening I got to Roppongi Hills a…
Bill’s Partyline November 7th, 2003
PEOPLE On the movie scene, Gaga Communications went all-out on their promotion of Quentin Tarantino‘s fourth film, “Kill Bill:’ In addition to…
Bill’s Partyline October 17th, 2003
PEOPLE It was a full day of interviews, photo sessions and a huge press conference (700 people) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel…
Bill’s Partyline October 3rd, 2003
PEOPLE On Sept. 4, Greek First Secretary Thanos Kafopoulos hosted a reception to say good bye. At the same time, he introduced…
Bill’s Partyline September 19th, 2003
PEOPLE Tokyo’s most popular entertainer, Steve Haynes, is just back from several weeks in Peru. As did Shirley MacLaine, Steve fell in…
Message from Qatari Ambassador to Japan H.E. Mr. Reyad Al-Ansari [2003]
I seize this opportunity first to cordially extend my greetings to all the friendly people in Japan. I also would like to…
Bill’s Partyline September 5th, 2003
PEOPLE Thanks to outstanding Japanese drummer Naoki Ishikawa who is in the cast of “Blast;” I had a great seat at Bunkamura…
Bill’s Partyline August 15th, 2003
PEOPLE A big domo arigato to Buena Vista International Vice President Dick Sano for including me in an intimate dinner party at…
Bill’s Partyline August 1st, 2003
PEOPLE Here in ol’ Edo, it was glamour galore at Sony Pictures’ entertainment star-studded party for “Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle” stars Drew…
Bill’s Partyline July 18th, 2003
PEOPLE “Charlie’s Angels” stars Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu were also in town for three days. And those huge illuminated…
Bill’s Partyline July 2003
PEOPLE the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, in collaboration with the U.S.-Japan Foundation, held a public forum titled “Living the Legacy of…
Bill’s Partyline June 20th, 2003
PEOPLE Our congratulations to Wolfgang, Soho, Nobu and Todd for making some of the best food in the world available here in…
Bill’s Partyline June 6th, 2003
PEOPLE I bumped into former sumo champ, now entertainment personality and good friend Konishiki in Roppongi Hills. He was headed for Tokyo…