Bill Hersey’s Partyline Column

We are about to move into February, the shortest month of the year and usually one of the coldest and dreariest months…

I’d like to begin this final Party Line of the year by thanking you all for your support and readership in 1983,…

Well, it’s that time again, and thanks to our many friends out there I think this year’s special looks better than ever….

Thanks to my column in the Weekender, my affiliation with some of Tokyo’s hottest nightspots, coffee breaks in the Hilton’s Garden Cafe,…

Friday the 8th… Typhoon Number Something is on its way and like about everyone I’ve talked to lately, I’ve about had it…

It’s been a strange week. I think I’ll blame it on the heat. First, somebody ripped off my camera and that’s very…

Shall we dance? It seems like just about everyone else is. The dance boom that America’s been enjoying the last few years…

June? I can’t believe it, but here we are already into another new month. Holiday-wise, there’s not all that much happening. The…

The merry month of May and we should be getting some of the nicest weather of the Sunday is the 9th year….

Cherry blossom viewing in Japan is something people talk about all over the world and now that it is in the Sakura…

People in town included actress Kathleen Turner who was here to promote the Warner Brothers’ film Body Heat in which she stars….

Popular entertainer Jerry Ito, just back from filming in Cyprus, Diet member Katsuhiko Morinaka, stage actress Mariko Kaga and Hollywood moom pitcher…

On Dec. 1 German artist Marion Settekorn opened her one woman exhibit at the German Culture Center, a new Greek Restaurant Vakhos…

This week, let’s go back to Wednesday the 1st and over to the Okura where Dunhill was hosting a luncheon press conference…

Kuni’s sister, Chichan, married to prominent young architect Takenosuke Sakakura, glowed that evening as she moved around the room, making sure everyone…

Monday June 1 started out at the Canadian Embassy where Canadian Ambassador Bruce Rankin and his wife Mona had invited many of…

Saturday the 2nd was another celeb-packed night at the Lexington. My good friend Yoshi Aoyama kept his promise and brought in one…

I was really glad I got back from Hawaii in time for the Tokyo Ballet Company’s production of Giselle. Guest performers Eva…

There’s no business like show business and the past week has really been something here in Tokyo with some of the world’s…