Press Release
28 February 2024
Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS)
Yuri Takamatsu of JPRS Reappointed to APTLD Board of Directors
Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President Koki Higashida) today
announced that Yuri Takamatsu, International Affairs Leader of JPRS, has been reappointed to theboard of directors of the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD), the organization forCountry Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD[*1]) registries in the Asia Pacific region. Takamatsu willserve as a director on the board for two years until the Annual General Meeting in 2026.
Since its establishment in 1998, APTLD has played an important role in the development of ccTLDs
in the Asia Pacific region by working as a forum for information exchange regarding domain names
and registry operations and by making contributions to Internet-related organizations including theInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN[*2]).
With regard in particular to the fast-track process for implementing internationalized country code toplevel domains (IDN ccTLDs) for which ICANN started accepting applications in November 2009,
JPRS took a leading role in the discussion at APTLD and forming this into a proposal for presentation
to ICANN with the support of the relevant organizations, including outside AP (Asia Pacific) region.
This proposal became one of the triggers for the movement toward the worldwide deployment ofInternationalized Domain Names (IDNs)[*3], which is one of the major achievements of APTLD.
Since 2012, she has contributed to the association's activities through her presentations at meetings andparticipation in Secretariat Performance Review Working Group. After joining the APTLD Board ofDirectors in 2022, she served as a session moderator and facilitator at some sessions of APTLD
meetings, as well as actively participated in discussions as a member in the working group thatconsidered a statement on the future course of action for APTLD.
Reappointing Takamatsu as a director of the board of APTLD is regarded as an affirmation for her
contributions to APTLD in the past.
As a company that supports the network infrastructure, JPRS will continue to make further efforts toimprove the quality of its and fellow-ccTLD’s services, and thereby contributing to the developmentof the Internet and the building of a better future for everyone, not only in Japan and the Asia Pacificregion but throughout the rest of the world.

-1-Press Release-----------------------------------------------------------------------About JPRSJPRS is a leading service provider for management and registration of domain names and for thedomain name system (DNS) operations. The company was established on December 26, 2000. As acompany dedicated to maintaining the Internet infrastructure of Japan, JPRS operates under a corporate
philosophy which aims to contribute to the expansion of the Internet and to building a better future forpeople and society.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Glossary*1. ccTLD
Acronym for country code Top Level Domain.
Top level domain allocated to each country or region. The .jp domain that represents Japan is one such
ccTLD.
*2. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
It is the private sector, non-profit corporation created in 1998 in the US to coordinate Internet
infrastructure resources including domain names, IP addresses, protocols and root servers.
*3. Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Domain names that include non-alphanumeric characters, are called "Internationalized Domain Names(IDNs)". IDNs can contain various scripts in the world, such as Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, Hangul,
Cyrillic, Arabic.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------References
1. APTLD Board
https://aptld.org/about/board/
2. APTLD (Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association)
https://aptld.org/
3. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
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