Just bringing this here for completeness, since a few people are interested in domestic JPY delays as well. From #mtgox today:
11:33 <@MagicalTux> we just met with the bank for domestic transfer today
11:33 <@MagicalTux> within 2 to 3 months we'll be able to offer realtime
transfers in Japan (you press a button on mtgox.com, the
next second your account is credited)
No news about international wires.
This information belongs into the more official channels like facebook, Mt.Gox homepage.
It does not belong into btctalk/irc only. Now sturle, please make this happen so that a
broader audience is brought into the feedback loop.
If it is not going to happen, I assume many readers of this thread will stop reading this
entertaining thread and (finally) start drawing conclusions.