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Japan Registry Service

The Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS) was incorporated on December 26, 2000. The organization under the Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications manages the.jp ccTLD, including the operation Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of the registry and DNS servers.2 It is headquartered in Nishi-Kanda.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Dec 26, 2000Founded1

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The Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS) was incorporated on December 26, 2000. The organization under the Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications manages the.jp ccTLD, including the operation Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of the registry and DNS servers.2

The story

JPRS came into existence out of a resolution at the 11th General Meeting of JPNIC, who had until then been managing the.jp domain. It was decided that due to the growing importance and complexity of the.jp domain, a separate corporation should be created with the purpose of running the registry.

In the period following the resolution, details were worked out, a structure was set up, and then on 2003-06-30, JPNIC, in co-operation with ICANN, transitioned the.jp domain to JPRS.

From Wikipedia’s article on Japan Registry Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. Dec 26, 2000Founded Founded1

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