JPRS
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| Type: | Privately held |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 2000 |
| Headquarters: | Chiyoda First Bldg. East 13F, 3-8-1 Nishi-Kanda Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0065 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Employees: | 76 as of 2011 |
| Website: | JPRS.co.jp |
| Key People | |
| Koki Higashida, President Susumu Sano, Vice President | |
Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd.(JPRS) is the manager and administrator of the .jp county code top-level domain name (ccTLD). The company was an ICANN accredited registrar.
History
The .jp top-level domain name was originally delegated to Jun Murai on August 5, 1986 by the Information Sciences Institute, University of California,a function which is now performed by IANA. Murai informally managed the .jp TLD for several years and eventually in 1991, ethe Japan Network Information Center (JNIC) was established to provide a framework for operation of the .jp top-level domain.[1]
In April 1993, JNIC was reorganized as JaPan Network Information Center (JPNIC), with ISPs, research networks, and academic networks located in Japan as its members. Murai served as first President of the organization. JPNIC was officially recognized by the Japanese government in 1997 as non-government organization operating the .jp TLD for public interest.
The internet became popular and the number of users registering domain names increased wherein a fair and efficient management of the .jp TLD is expected. On December 2000, during the 11th General Meeting of JPNIC, it was resolved that a new corporation is needed to manage and administer the .jp TLD.On December 26, 2000, Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS) was incorporated.[2]
Jun Murai informed Michael Roberts, former President and CEO of ICANN that JPNIC wished to execute a sponsorship agreement with ICANN. JPNIC wish to transfer the .jp domain name registration and management services to JPRS, a private subsidiary company which will be supervised by JPNIC.[3]
On January 31, 2002 the JP Domain Name Management and Administration Transfer Agreement was executed between JPRS and JPNIC and the .jp ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement was signed on February 27, 2002 between JPRS and ICANN. [4]
On June 30, 2003, JPRS was given the authority to deploy international Domain Names (IDNs) by ICANN through its President and CEO Paul Twomey.[5]
JP Domain Name and General Use
The ..jp TLD is the domain space for individuals and organizations in Japan. Any individual, group, or organization with a permanent postal address in Japan are eligible to register a 2nd level for the General-use .jp domain name (e.g. EXAMPLE.JP).[6]
Types of JP Domain Names
An individual or organization is only allowed to register one type of domain name. The types of domain name include: [7]
- CO.JP- companies (kaisha)
- OR.JP- judicial persons established under the laws of Japan (other than kaisha)
- NE.JP- network service providers
- AC.JP- schools under School Education Law or other laws institutions
- ED.JP- educational institutions
- GO.JP- government institutions in Japan
- GR.JP- Groups of individuals or organizations
- LG.JP- local government authorities