Now, it’s back.

It’s 4th Mashup Award co-hosted by Sun Microsystems and Recruit.

The first prize is 1,000,000 yen (or $10,000).

Although the prize is not as big as those by Amazon or Google, over 30 companies/organizations (including Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft) are sponsoring this event by providing their Web-APIs to be mashed-up.

The contest is open to anyone (although their web site is all in Japanese), so, if you’re interested (and can read Japanese or have a Japanese friend), give it a shot! The entry deadline is September 16th.