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| Introduced | 1986 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Japan Registry Service |
| Sponsor | JPNIC |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Japan
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| Actual use | Very popular in Japan |
| Registered domains | 1,300,084 (August 2012) |
| Registration restrictions | 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 |
| Documents | ICANN sponsorship agreement |
| Website | JPRS |
| DNSSEC | yes |
.jp is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Japan. It is administered by the Japan Registry Service.
At the establishment of the .jp domain the domain was administered by the JPNIC, as part of their role as an overseeing technical body for the Internet in Japan. 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 .jp registry.
.jp registrations are only allowed if the registrant has a physical address in Japan.
Registrations are processed via accredited registrars and domain names with Japanese characters (kanji, hiragana or katakana) 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.
Domains listed below are reserved for the local governments in Japan:
Japan has considered registering an internationalized country code top-level domain, .日本. As of 2016, no such domain has been registered.
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