Thought you guys would enjoy reading this one from the blogosphere posted July 18th.

日本語ドメインは、SEOにいいらしい すよ。（現在では）

昔から話題になってはいたのは知っ たんですが、個人的に「日本語ドメ ンってどうなの？」って疑っていま した。

あわてて、��*ー��*ードメイン
で、日本語ドメインを探してみまし 。

ナイスな日本語ドメインは、ないで ��*。
“一足遅かった”　どころではなく かなり遅かったようです。（プ��* アフィリエイトの皆さんには「なに いまさら！」と笑われそうですが・ ・）

http://affiliate.takuwan.com/blog/2007/07/post_21.html

Loose translation:
Japanese domains are supposedly good for SEO purposes (at the present)

Since ages ago, I knew that they had become a point of conversation, and personally I thought, "what are Japanese domains?"

So at MuMu domains, I looked for Japanese domain names.

All the good Japanese domains are gone. I mean, we aren't just talking about being a little bit too late, we're talking about being really really late. (This is the point at which you professional affiliate guys out there are laughing and saying, "you don't say!"...)