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dh memoranda
dh memoranda covers topics such as net businesses and technologies, gadget reviews and personal updates. Author Daiji Hirata is business development manager of Neoteny and has been investing in and supporting many startups since 1999. As a "blog evangelist", he has played a significant role in spreading blogging culture in Japan. He was VP of Technology at Six Apart (U.S.) and currently serves as adviser at their Japanese arm. He also serves as director and CFO of News2u Corporation and offers many lectures as an independent blogger. He was awarded the Web Creation Award by Japan's Web Advertising Bureau in 2004.
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Netafull
One of the most popular blogs in Japan with more than 1 million page views a month. Netafull is a newsfilter-type blog that covers a wide range of topics including the latest Internet trends, gadgets news and reviews, celebrity news, and lifestyle and parenting issues. It has generated more than 10,000 posts since July 2003. Author Masato Kogure is an enthusiastic blogger submitting dozens of posts throughout a day. In April 2007, he published a book about word-of-mouth marketing on the web with another AMN author, Masaki Ishitani.
