Second-level registrations require a Japanese mailing address; third-level registrations have varying rules depending on which second-level name they are beneath
Structure
Registrations permitted at second level and at third level beneath various second-level labels
At the establishment of the .jp domain, the domain was administered by theJPNIC, as part of their role as an overseeing technical body for the Internet in Japan. It was originally proposed byJun Murai for theInformation Sciences Institute at theUniversity of Southern California on August 5, 1986. Handling of the domain was first managed within the "junet-admin" admin group, which was responsible for the operations ofJUNET, an early computer network in which Murai was a part of.[2]
In April 1989, the junet-admin group began formally registering .jp domain names.[3] However, due to the growing importance and size of the .jp registry, it was decided at the 11th General Meeting of JPNIC in December 2000 to create a new corporation that would manage the .jp domain. Thus, the Japan Registry Service was created, and on June 30, 2003, officially assumed the duties of the .jpregistry.
.jp registrations are only allowed if the registrant has a physical address in Japan. Registrations are processed viaaccredited registrars anddomain names with Japanese characters (kanji,hiragana orkatakana) may be registered at the second level.
While any party with a Japanese mailing address can get a second-level domain (example.jp) there are several restricted-use second-level domains, listed below.[4]
ac.jp: higher level academic institutions, such as universities
^"A New Phase for JP Domain Name Registration and Administration". RetrievedSeptember 18, 2020.Since their introduction in 1989, JP domain names have been registered and managed under such rules as "one domain name per organization" and "prohibition of domain name transfer."
