UPDATE: Scott of TechJapan.com corrects me that these are not Flash.
Changwon Kim of Web 2.0 Asia points us to the fact that Google Korea's homepage now has 7 Flash-driven CSS image rollover "buttons" linking to popular Google services. I can see this being popular in Japan as well.
I don't like the fact that they are Flash animated, but it is interesting to see Google change their UI in Korea, where they are trailing Naver.
I don't see any Flash there. Looks like CSS image rollovers to me...
Scott- thanks for the information. I should have just viewed the source to check for myself.
My bad - yes that's image rollover, not Flash :)