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Jun Mokudai, Richard Anderson, Carlos Ghosn, Phil Haan, Tommy Ma

Bill’s Partyline June 18th, 2004

PEOPLE Our sincerest congratulations to Jane Yonamine, President of Wally Yonamine Co., Inc., on the 41st anniversary of her pearl business. 1…
Ambassador Eero Salovaara, Takako Shimazu, Tessis Abe, Hisanaga Shimazu

Bill’s Partyline June 4th, 2004

PEOPLE Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger brought her boyfriend, White Stripes frontman Jack White, when she came to Tokyo to promote “Cold Mountain”…
Jude Law, Diane Witherspoon, John Radley Garth Adama, Nestor Takamiyagi

Bill’s Partyline May 25th, 2004

PEOPLE One of our city’s living legends, Dr. Eugene Aksenoff (International Clinic), celebrated his 80th birthday on Mar. 18. To honor the…
Johnny Jimusho's Takey, Koichi Domoto, Daniel Radcliffe and Bill Hersey

Bill’s Partyline May 7th, 2004

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

Bill’s Partyline April 16th, 2004

PEOPLE I just got a letter from the former Thai ambassador in Tokyo, Sakthip Krairiksh, and his wife Benchapa. They’ll be leaving…
Rukmandi Nanda, Karunatilaka Amunugama, Nandika, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Junko Koshino, Atul Parekh

Bill’s Partyline April 2nd, 2004

PEOPLE Thai Ambassador Kasit Piromya and his wife Chintana, will be heading for Washington soon. He’s to be the new Thai Ambassador…
Mohammad Wali, Domingo Siazon, Yuriko Koike, Rachad Farah, Reyad Al-Ansari

Bill’s Partyline March 19th, 2004

PEOPLE After five and a half very active years in Japan, South African Ambassador Krish Mackerdhuj has returned to his beautiful homeland….
Drago Buvac, Predag Filipov, Dr. Eugene Aksenoff

Bill’s Partyline February 6th, 2004

PEOPLE Going back over recent columns, I saw I didn’t give much-deserved credit to several individuals and companies who helped in making…
Grand Hyatt Tokyo General Manager Xavier Destribats, his wife Tatjana, Premiere Automotive Group President Necip Soyak, wife Mona, Sibel Wende, Elif Gulseren Ballica

Bill’s Partyline Jan 16th, 2004

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