I put off my trip to the Philippines for a few days thinking it would give me plenty of time to get…

As you know, November is usually a very busy month for National Day celebrations. These are Algeria’s on the 1st and Benin’s…

Thursday night, the 23rd, and I just came home from the Tokyo Hilton. I had a break tonight, so thought I’d go…

In September National Day celebrations include Qatar on the 3rd and Saudi Arabia on the 23rd. Independence Day cele­brations are Brazil the…

We’re about to head into September which means the return from holidays for many, the end of school vacations for many more…

Thursday  the 20th . . . if you’ve lived in Japan any length of time at all, you know this year’s rainy…

Impossible as it seems, I was traveling almost a full month. I tell you, time does fly. My original plan was to…

Knocking this out late afternoon in April. It’s turned out to be a beautiful day but unfortunately started out damp enough that…

I know the Capitol Tokyo gets its share of celebrity hut surprised when I went in there one day recently and saw…

I’ve been putting this week’s column together on the go and, believe me, Tokyo’s party scene seems a million miles I started…