Bill Hersey’s Partyline April 21st, 2000
PEOPLE Congratulations to Barry Spence and his wife Judith Curtis on the birth of their daughter Sophia Margaret Aiko Spence, at 7:21…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline April 7th, 2000
PEOPLE My thanks to 20th Century Fox Japan General Manager Geoffrey Boissiere who made it possible for me to invite Thai Ambassador…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline March 2000
A big bunch of birthdays the last month or so. Sony Chairman Norio Ohga celebrated his on Jan. 29, Chichan Plessner hers…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline March 3rd, 2000
Sorry I couldn’t get to the press conference for noted director Tim Burton and his actress girlfriend (wife?) Lisa Mari. The loving…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline February 2000
After two years in Japan, and 22 years with Club Med, Managing Director Japan Guiseppe Grimani has decided “to take a break.”…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline January 2000
I got to know Harumi (Hopey) Yamamoto at the Lex where she would drop by from time to time. The “one of…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline January 14th, 2000
Congratulations to Alitalia’s Romano Mazzucco, recently decorated by the Italian government. The award was presented by Italian Ambassador Gabriele Menegatti at the…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, June 1987
Here we are into July and, for us Americans, the July 4th Independence Day is something very special. It sure brings back…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, May 1987
After living here more years than I care to admit (actually about 20) I’m amazed at the sudden interest in providing all…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, April 1987
A few days ago I had some time to kill, while waiting for some friends, so went into a hotel bookshop to…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, March 1987
As we’ve all said so many times before, where does the time go? In March the 21st was Vernal Equinox Day and a…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, February 1987
February, the shortest month in the year, has just about had it and here we are about to head into March. As…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, January 1987
Hong Kong was absolutely great and, considering the number of Tokyoites I ran into over there, a lot of our people must…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, December 1986
I put off my trip to the Philippines for a few days thinking it would give me plenty of time to get…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, November 1986
As you know, November is usually a very busy month for National Day celebrations. These are Algeria’s on the 1st and Benin’s…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, October 1986
Thursday night, the 23rd, and I just came home from the Tokyo Hilton. I had a break tonight, so thought I’d go…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, September 1986
In September National Day celebrations include Qatar on the 3rd and Saudi Arabia on the 23rd. Independence Day celebrations are Brazil the…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, July 1986
We’re about to head into September which means the return from holidays for many, the end of school vacations for many more…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, June 1986
Thursday the 20th . . . if you’ve lived in Japan any length of time at all, you know this year’s rainy…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, May 1986
Impossible as it seems, I was traveling almost a full month. I tell you, time does fly. My original plan was to…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline, April 1986
Knocking this out late afternoon in April. It’s turned out to be a beautiful day but unfortunately started out damp enough that…