My friend Umihiko Namekawa from Techcrunch Japan just posted an article in his blog about the upcoming Techcrunch 50 competition (organized by Techcrunch USA and to be held in September in San Francisco).
Following the abscence of Japanese web companies in last year’s Techcrunch 40 event, potential participants from this country are encouraged to take part this year.
The time schedule is pretty tight but professional support will be provided by the organizers.
More information (in Japanese) can be found here on the official site.