Club Jappleng has been under development this past week and I believe it's time to unveil some information about its progress to the public eye. If you don't know already, there is an ongoing private beta that only those with a "Beta Key" can take part of and it is by invitation only. You may of course request to be invited if you post on J-Spot about it.Club Jappleng is a new section on Jappleng where its sole intention is to provide the community the ability to create their own group, club or guild for anything they desire. They may decide to create a club about Japanese literature or perhaps they wish to create a club dedicated to their favorite anime. Clubs can be extended to groups and even guilds for various reasons.Each club begins at Level 1 and they require members to participate in the club to level up the club and have the ability to unlock new modules and features. These new modules and features require J-Points which is collected by participating around the site or completing various tasks (Achievements) and by daily login bonuses (not yet implemented). The purpose of these levels and having the ability to unlock new modules and such by a collaborative effort is purely for fun and also balance the site a little.While most features are presently kept in a hush-hush manner, a sneak-peak relating to what features are currently available will be all that will be announced for today. Next week, club Jappleng's Alpha will be complete and will undergo beta testing. When the beta testing phase is over (a few days to a full week), then it will be made available to public.Without further adieu, here is what's available on Club Jappleng as of today:- Basic layout with various modules (Browse clubs by type, category, and by popularity)- Most recent clubs created module- View clubs from x category- View club and all possible club pages within the club (Events, Forums, Wiki, Gallery, Polls, Club Details, Members List, Member manager, Settings, Link backer manager, Club Treasury, and so on...)- The ability to join, leave, and rejoin club- The ability to join a club that requires approval first- The ability to create clubs- Full permission system has been implemented including custom level/titles/permissions on a per-club basis- Club Banners can be viewed if one is set- Club Leveling system (foundation) is complete- J-Spot functionality for user club count (# joined), actual display of clubs will happen later on when the public beta is available.- Other miscellaneous stuffConcluding...While it may seem like there's not that much going on as of now, it genuinely feels like a lot has happened since development first began. There weren't any designs except concepts from way back and those had to be done, and there are literally over 30 sections in all. It's quite a lot to be working on at once but it is coming along. I expect that by Friday, most of Club Jappleng will be complete including the forums, gallery, comments module, and club details page. Another news item will be published on Friday regarding the development progress and then again right before the public beta release.

Once again, this page is from a old section called News in Japan which hasn't been a thing since about 2016. But Jappleng has a lot more to offer such as:
- Entertainment section for Anime lineup, news, reviews and more (over 14,000 anime titles!)
- Education section to learn Japanese and about Japan for free
- Club Jappleng to create and join fan clubs, study groups etc...
- Travel Guides to learn more about Japan, immigration and tourist attractions
- Community forums, dedicated chat system, J-Spot social network
- Japanese practice games and other fun stuff like Yokai Trainers
- Massive Japanese <> English dictionary with over 500,000 words
- Achievements, unlockables and more!

We're really big with over 10-million pages! This is a volunteer / free project so please consider Registering an account and being part of our awesome community!