Celebrities Also Used to Promote Blogs in Japan

Posted on December 5, 2005

Actress and celebrity Kaori Manabe, who has a popular blog called Koko dake no hanashi, is heading a new committee that will promote blogging in Japan. A Mainichi Daily News article says Kaori Manabe is a celebrity blogger in Japan where she is known as the "blog queen."

Celebrity Kaori Manabe appeared in Tokyo on Monday to officially launch a blog promotion committee aimed at increasing the number of people who write blogs on the Internet.

"There may be a lot of people who read blogs, but there aren't too many people who have their own ones," said Manabe, who appeared in a suit and wore glasses. "I want to spread them much more."

The committee was launched with support from major Japanese Internet provider Nifty, with the aim of promoting the correct use of blogs and increasing the number of users. Manabe will serve as head of the committee.

The Raw Feed says Manabe was also recently named the head of Computer Associates' Spyware Extermination Squad. Celebrity blogs are also being used increasingly here in the U.S. to promote blogs and services like the launch of Elisha Cuthbert's blog on the NHL website. Some examples can be found here in a recent post.



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