PEOPLE My big blues experience in Japan came when I set up two club concerts for actor, singer and harmonica player Bruce…

PEOPLE As most of you know, the movie scene here in old Edo has really been busy. Japan is a favorite destination…

I enjoyed the Maruyamas’s annual Chinese dinner at Hilton Tokyo’s Dynasty Restaurant, as well as several other intimate get-togethers with Chinese friends…

PEOPLE New York-based psychic Ron Bard was in town to do a TV program for TBS, and it was great getting together…

PEOPLE My sincerest thanks to Sony Pictures’ Dick Sano for the invitation to the VIP reception for the 2012 premiere. This gave…

PEOPLE It’s that time of the year when there are so many worthwhile charity events, as well as our Weekender special on…

PEOPLE F1 Drivers Party in Tokyo. This was the third year in a row that Ceremony Corp. president Tsukasa Shiga sponsored several…

PEOPLE In keeping with our special issue on Germany, I’d like to talk a bit about the beautiful country, the great people,…

PEOPLE Last month in Roppongi the family of one of Japan’s best-known actors, the late Toshiro Mifune, opened a fashionable new Japanesestyle…

PEOPLE I was driving through Roppongi one evening recently and saw that the lights in the International Clinic were all on. It…