Japanese site Game Watch has some UI shots of what looks like an extension to the Xbox Live interface, with something called “Xbox Friends.” From the screenshots, it looks like this is some kind of Macromedia Flash-based interface to finding and matching with friends online. Registration apparently opens on July 7th, in Japan, with users registering before July 10th getting entered in a drawing for Microsoft Points. The preview shots for the application seem to indicate that gamers will be able to search interactively for gamers with similar gamer profiles, with visual mapping indicating how close of a match they are, and then there is a “gamer score” view that allows you to compare your score with others. No word on whether similar functionality will be hitting other territories. Gamers interested in trying to decode more information should hit up their favorite online translation utility to try and find out more.