Bill Hersey’s Partyline Column

PEOPLE Summer travelers include popular International School of the Sacred Heart teacher Barry Spence, who is off to San Antonio for marking…

PEOPLE Our sincerest congratulations to Jane Yonamine, President of Wally Yonamine Co., Inc., on the 41st anniversary of her pearl business. 1…

PEOPLE Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger brought her boyfriend, White Stripes frontman Jack White, when she came to Tokyo to promote “Cold Mountain”…

PEOPLE One of our city’s living legends, Dr. Eugene Aksenoff (International Clinic), celebrated his 80th birthday on Mar. 18. To honor the…

PEOPLE The Grand Hyatt Tokyo can be proud of its American “Team Leader, Executive Doorman;‘ Eric Douglas Foss. Originally from Los Angeles,…

PEOPLE I just got a letter from the former Thai ambassador in Tokyo, Sakthip Krairiksh, and his wife Benchapa. They’ll be leaving…

PEOPLE Thai Ambassador Kasit Piromya and his wife Chintana, will be heading for Washington soon. He’s to be the new Thai Ambassador…

PEOPLE After five and a half very active years in Japan, South African Ambassador Krish Mackerdhuj has returned to his beautiful homeland….

PEOPLE I’m so lucky in that I meet so many interesting and nice people. When people ask who are the favorite celebs…

PEOPLE Going back over recent columns, I saw I didn’t give much-deserved credit to several individuals and companies who helped in making…

PEOPLE After seven years as Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Alexandre Panov and his wife Eugenija have returned to Moscow. There was,…

PEOPLE On the showbiz scene, Manila is starting to bring in some of the world’s top entertainers. Mariah Carey did her “Charm…

PEOPLE People-watching in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt can really be interesting. One recent evening I got to Roppongi Hills a…

PEOPLE On the movie scene, Gaga Communications went all-out on their promotion of Quentin Tarantino‘s fourth film, “Kill Bill:’ In addition to…

PEOPLE It was a full day of interviews, photo sessions and a huge press conference (700 people) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel…

PEOPLE On Sept. 4, Greek First Secretary Thanos Kafopoulos hosted a reception to say good bye. At the same time, he introduced…

PEOPLE Tokyo’s most popular entertainer, Steve Haynes, is just back from several weeks in Peru. As did Shirley MacLaine, Steve fell in…

I seize this opportunity first to cordially extend my greetings to all the friendly people in Japan. I also would like to…

PEOPLE Thanks to outstanding Japanese drummer Naoki Ishikawa who is in the cast of “Blast;” I had a great seat at Bunkamura…

PEOPLE A big domo arigato to Buena Vista International Vice President Dick Sano for including me in an intimate dinner party at…

PEOPLE Here in ol’ Edo, it was glamour galore at Sony Pictures’ entertainment star-studded party for “Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle” stars Drew…