Bill Hersey’s Partyline May 2013
PEOPLE Catching up with Joel Schumacher “My life’s an open book,” Joel said, starting proceedings at an open table with journalists outside…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline April 2013
PEOPLE Film/Music Celebs in TownThe number of Hollywood stars visiting Japan really dropped after the 3/11 tsunami/earthquake. I’m happy to report they…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline February 2013
PEOPLE As always at this time of the year, there were a lot of special TV shows. Our British friends continue to…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline January 2013
PEOPLE Firstly, Happy New Year and my sincerest best wishes that 2013, the year of the snake, is a really good one…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline December 2012
PEOPLE Just got a postcard from friends and former Tokyoites Ron and Maria Anderson, who were traveling in Asia. After 10 years in…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline November 2012
PEOPLE It was a sporty couple of weeks after I spent considerable time with many Formula One drivers before their race on…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline October 2012
PEOPLE I’d like to say so long to one of our fellow passengers, Hilton Hotels’ Oded Lifschitz. After six years in Japan…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline September 2012
PEOPLE Sad to hear that Christian Hassing, GM of the Mandarin Oriental will be leaving soon after eight years here. His new…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline August 2012
PEOPLE Banjiro Uemura Moving on slightly, I would like to congratulate Banjiro Uemura, the founder of Tohokushinsha (the company which owns The…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline July 2012
PEOPLE Recently, we celebrated the 34th anniversary of a small funky club I’ve been affiliated with since it first opened. It started…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline June 2012
PEOPLE Congratulations and domo arigato to HIP Entertainment president Massy Hayashi for packing out Tokyo Dome City Hall for three Lenny Kravitz shows. I’ve…
Bill’s Partyline May 2012
Republic of Kosovo 4th Independence Day Reception To celebrate his country’s independence, Kosovan ambassador Sami Ukelli hosted a well-attended reception at the…
Bill’s Partyline April 2012
PEOPLE Vietnam’s diplomatic couple the Nguyens bid sayonara After over 40 years of writing this column you’d think it would be easy…
Bill’s Partyline March 2013
PEOPLE First, there was Ben Affleck. I spent considerable time with this great guy whenever he visited Tokyo. On one of his…
Bill’s Partyline March 2012
PEOPLE Catching up with old friends With so many things happening in Tokyo, breakfast meetings are the newest way to catch up…
Bill’s Partyline February 2012
PEOPLE Zac Efron here for Warner Brothers Young actor Zac Efron took time out of his busy schedule and flew to Tokyo…
Bill’s Partyline January 2012
PEOPLE Over Christmas I had a phone conversation with Princess Takamado, we talked a lot about the March 11 earthquake and tsunamis…
Bill’s Partyline December 2011
PEOPLE I’d like to say a big thank you to my friend Tom Yoda, chairman of Tokyo International Film Festival, his hardworking…
Bill’s Partyline November 2011
PEOPLE Philippe and Christine bid adieu The spacious and chic French residence in Hiroo was, as expected, wall-to-wall people for ambassador Philippe…
Bill’s Partyline October 2011
PEOPLE Miguel and Martha bid adios after seven years in Japan. Mexican ambassador, Miquel Ruiz Cabanas, his wife Martha and their two…
Bill’s Partyline September 2011
PEOPLE Merci to Societe Generale Private Banking’s president/CEO Christophe Billard and his executive staff, as well as Koichi and Daniele Yoshikoshi for…