About

Hersey Shiga Global K.K. (HSG), is a media production and investment firm based in Tokyo. HSG is the publisher of HERSEY magazine and the official representative of The Hollywood Reporter in Japan. HSG has worked together with major domestic and international publications including The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard Magazine, the Japan Times and the Hong Kong Tatler.

As shareholder, founding member and contributor of the Tokyo Weekender magazine, HSG has reported on Tokyo’s high society, visiting celebrities and its diplomatic communities since the 1970s making HERSEY’S society pages a must-read in Tokyo.

Tsukasa Shiga, Chairman

Tsukasa Shiga is the co-founder of Hersey Shiga Global K.K. A graduate of Boston University, Shiga has co-produced and financed domestic and international movies. Tsukasa Shiga is the President of Ceremony Group, the leading provider of event management and real estate services in the prefecture of Saitama, Japan. A family business founded in 1964, Ceremony Group is the official partner of the Urawa Red Diamonds soccer club and main sponsor of the Portimonense S.C. soccer club in Portugal.

David Schneider, CEO

Trained as a commercial banker, David has more than 20 years of experience in investment management, project management and media content production. He is the Amazon bestselling author of The 80/20 Investor and Index Funds & ETFs.

Bill Hersey, Founder

Bill was the original ‘influencer‘ and ‘society columnist’ in Tokyo. He passed away on March 14 at age 87. A fixture on the Tokyo social and entertainment scene for decades, he covered everything from openings of Hollywood movies, charity and embassy events. With his high-society photos and Party Line column – ‘People, Parties, Places’ at the Tokyo Weekender he shaped the magazine since its founding in 1970.