PEOPLE I just read Andrew Morton’s book titled Madonna. He’s the man who wrote the best sellers on Princess Diana and Monica…

PEOPLE The Hussains are a very popular couple and, as expected, there was a big turnout that evening. Guests included top-ranking Japanese…

PEOPLE Once again my timing was right as a good friend, top producer Bill Kong (Hero, Windstmck) was in Shanghai shooting a…

PEOPLE Richard Branson was in Japan for the opening of the new Virgin Cineplex in the city of Ebina, about 30 minutes…

PEOPLE Adolf Ogi, special adviser on Sport for Development and Peace to the United Nations Sec­retary General, and former presi­dent of the…

PEOPLE Seems like everyone every­where in the travel biz (and lots of other businesses) knows Romano Mazzucco has retired after 14 years…

PEOPLE On Saturday, Apr. 20, Colombian singer Shakira and her band partied at the Lex and, from what I heard, the petite…

PEOPLE Mariana Sevilla, wife of the Honduran Ambassador, told me they’ll be leaving Japan in a few months. Her husband, Edgardo, is…

PEOPLE Barry Bergmann of United Airlines brought his 18-year-old son Brett, a senior at the American School in Japan who has been…

PARTIES It was a very special evening in every way when former sumo star, now top entertainer, Konishiki hosted a reception at…