Does Mixi have a 'Tom'?

Maybe they're just going the 'If it ain't broke' route but seriously NewsCorp, could you not give the JPN version of StalkerSpace at least a slightly different feel?  No you say?  K, then.  We can't figure out how to sign up anyway.

Which is why we can't really comment on what kind of competition MyS might be running up against in the land of the ubuquitous vending machines b/c we can't break into Mixi no matter how hard we try.  At least they have an enticing entry page.

One young Japanese girl in a sundress, out in the middle of a field reading a book - while another young Japanese girl in a sundress walks up behind her with a mischevious smile on her slightly downturned face.  We may not have the right font set installed Mixi, but we get where you're going with this.

Be worried Rupert.  Be very, very worried.