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Toshiro Mifune

Bill’s Partyline September 18th, 2009

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

Bill’s Partyline August 5th, 2009

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

Bill’s Partyline July 4th, 2009

PEOPLE Thanks to retired business leader Koichi Yoshikoshi and his wife Daniele, we have had a strong reminder, actually several, of how…
Chri McDonald, Fumiko, Hilton

Bill’s Partyline June 6th, 2009

PEOPLE After a swim at Hilton Tokyo, I ran into Chris and Fumiko McDonald with the hotel’s general manager, Christian Baudat, in…

Bill’s Partyline May 5th, 2009

PEOPLE I first heard Sarah Brightman sing at her concert in London about twenty years ago, and I instantly became a devoted…
Guy Laliberte

Bill’s Partyline March 6th, 2009

PEOPLE I met many people last month. First, there was Guy Laliberte, the founding president of the now world-famous Cirque du Soleil….
Pasona President

Bill’s Partyline February 6th, 2009

PEOPLE I’ve had the privilege of knowing Yasuyuki Nambu for many years and the super-successful business tycoon really hasn’t changed much at…
Jacqueline Bisset

Bill’s Partyline December 4th, 2008

I really enjoyed meeting and spending time with British actress Jacqueline Bisset during several of her visits here. Jacqueline was born in…