[rhys]

Welcome John. Fresh regging may prove challenging - in Japanese .jp still has a few surprises. You'll pull out a few decent ones with effort. If you watch the sales posts here though from time to time you will see some decent names going at pretty good value as folks are now having to renew their domains for the year and are culling portfolios. I think the best value for your time is the secondary market.

My advice is if you don't have access to native talent to advise you, by all means get that first.

Cheers,

Rhys