Translated: 24 May 2005
* Note: This translation is made only for reference.
this report is the original document.

The Japanese language version of

For accuracy, please refer to the Japaneseversion.

JP Domain Name
Registry Report
2004

31 March, 2005
Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS)
http://jprs.jp/
http://日本レジストリサービス.jp/

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Introduction
Management and administration of .JP top-level domain is the service closely
connected to the function of the Internet as a whole and requires a high level ofcommitment to improved public interest and competitiveness.

Japan Registry Services

Co., Ltd. (JPRS) conducts its business based on the awareness of the vital nature ofthis service, and annually publishes a report on management and administration of JP
Domain Name, in light of its influence on the society.

This document reports ouractivities carried out in 2004 and our prospects for the future.

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Table of contents
1. Registry Activities........................................................................................................ 4
1-1 Goal of JPRS as the JP Domain Name Registry .................................................. 4
1-2 Specific Challenges............................................................................................... 5
1-3 Tasks for the Year 2004......................................................................................... 6
1-4 External Relations ................................................................................................. 9
1-5 Other Activities .................................................................................................... 16
1-6 Overview of This Term’s Activities and Challenges for the Future ...................... 17
2. Mid-term Vision as the JP Domain Name Registry................................................... 18
3. Data .......................................................................................................................... 20
3-1 Number of Registered JP Domain Name (cumulative) ....................................... 20
3-2 Breakdown of the Number of Registered JP Domain Name............................... 22
3-3 Number of Accredited JP Registrars ................................................................... 23
4. Reference ................................................................................................................. 24
4-1 History ................................................................................................................. 24
4-2 JPRS Press Releases......................................................................................... 25

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1. Registry Activities
1-1 Goal of JPRS as the JP Domain Name Registry
Main objectives of JPRS as the JP Domain Name registry are: to continuously improvevalue of .JP; to provide JP registry services that contribute to the society; and to gainstronger support from local and global Internet community in the environment where
JPRS competes and collaborates with other Top Level Domains (TLDs) and similar
services.
In January 2001, upon the start of the JP Domain Name management andadministration, JPRS defined the following as the values of its services:•

Reliability: establishing reliable domain names in global society•

Stability: operating and administering stable domain name system (DNS)•

Usability: establishing domain name that meet users’ needs•

Fee Performance:

providing services with internationally competitive price

JPRS continuously pursues these goals as a basic concept of JP Domain Name.

In

addition, JPRS is paying special attention to conduct the registry business inconsideration of public interests, fairness and neutrality.

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1-2 Specific Challenges
The following items were set as the main action items for 2004 in the JP registry service.
Information Publication and Protection of Personal Information
Generally, not only the JP domain names, but also the information related to registration(registration information) is published on the Internet.

Today, more and moreindividuals register domain names, and thus personal information is included in theregistration information.

In this situation, we must consider how to maintain a goodbalance between the principle of publication and protection of personal information
along with how to incorporate the “Personal Information Protection Act” into the registry
service.
Promotion of Japanese JP Domain Name Environment
We must consider what steps to be taken to promote Japanese JP Domain Name forvarious applications and mobile phones, and to enhance their convenience.

Moreover,we have to come up with the measures of how to encourage people to understand andutilize Japanese JP Domain Name.
Improvement of Reliability and Stability of JP DNS
It is essential to improve the reliability and stability of JP DNS in order to maintain a statein which registered JP domain names are used safely and comfortably.
Contribution to the Global Framework
The Internet is a network not confined by regional or national borders, but is a globally
open network.

For the Internet as a whole to function more smoothly, it is necessary todevelop technologies and operation framework through global cooperation.

We mustalso consider how to contribute to the construction of a stable and high-quality Internet
service framework as a member of the related international organizations.

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1-3 Tasks for the Year 2004
To tackle the action items pointed out in 1-2, JPRS is making every effort to improve theservices and values of JP Domain Name in cooperation with various relatedorganizations.
2004
Our core measures in 2004 were further improvement of the user environment forJapanese JP Domain Name and continued efforts to improve the stability of JP DNS.
Our activities have borne fruit in that the number of registered Japanese JP Domain
Name has reached a record level and the user environment has been further enriched.
Commenced "Nihongo (Japanese) JP Navi" Service to Provide Information on
Japanese JP Domain Name Environment (February)
JPRS started an online service, “Nihongo JP Navi”, to provide information on how to
adopt IDN technologies for people who tried to access websites by typing in Japanese
JP Domain Name through non-IDN-aware browser.

This attempt was a part of efforts

to promote awareness and environment for Japanese JP Domain Names.
To ensure accountability, JPRS explained the service to DNS operators and the othercommunity members and called for public opinions before starting this service.
Implemented IP Anycast Technology to JP DNS (February)
To improve reliability of JP DNS, JPRS adopted IP Anycast Technology in “a.dns.jp” and“d.dns.jp” services among JP DNS servers (a〜f.dns.jp).

Introducing this technology

could allow DNS servers of same names be deployed in diverse locations offering
quality services, supports higher loads, and improved durability.
"JP Domain Name Registry Report" Published (July)
As one of the measures of information disclosure, JPRS started publishing the “JP
Domain Name Registry Report”, which is annually issued report of JPRS on the
management and administration of .JP top-level domain.

In the 1st report, wesummarized the various efforts we have made and issues of JPRS registry services forabout three years since our establishment.

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Enhancement of Risk Management
In July 2004, JPRS moved to an office with an excellent earthquake resistance andhigh-level security.

At the same time, JPRS reinforced power supply lines and facilities.

These measures were taken for enhancing the risk management and providing stable
services.

We also developed manuals for managing risks, including the contingency

planning and risk management manual.
Enrichment of Registry Data Escrow
We have carried out data escrow for .JP registry data since April 2002.

In 2004, weestablished and began operation of a system commission the escrow tasks to a third
party.

We also developed a system that facilitates recovery of registry data fromescrowed data.

With this enhanced function, it is ensured that the registry service willcontinue even if JPRS becomes unable to operate.
JP Started Full Support for IPv6 as the First TLD in the World (July)The IPv6 addresses assigned to the JP DNS servers got registered in the root zones,
so .JP, as the first TLD in the world, now fully supports IPv6.

Accessible environmenthas been expanded thanks to IPv6, and IPv6 deployment has achieved great progressin Japan.
For our contribution to the international promotion of IPv6, we received an award at theICANN meeting held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
Reduction of General-Use JP Domain Name Registration Fee(September)

As a measure to improve fee performance, we reduced the fee for new registration andtransfer of General-Use JP Domain Name on September 26, 2004.
Compliance to "Personal Information Protection Act"
Upon enforcement of the “Personal Information Protection Act” in Japan in April 2005,
JPRS held briefing sessions for JP Registrar in December 2004, in order to promote
protection of personal information of the overall JP Domain Name.

JPRS explained

about planned service change and cooperation with JP registrars.
Opening of Japanese JP Domain Name Portal Site "日本語.jp"(December)

JPRS opened a portal site for Japanese JP Domain Name, “Nihongo.jp”(http:// 日 本 語 .jp/ or http://nihongojp.jp/) which provides comprehensive information
including the technical mechanism of Japanese JP domain name, user environment,

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steps for registration and operation, and tips for effective utilization.
Rapid Progress in the Number of Registered Japanese JP Domain Name
Along with the development of user environment and increase of utilization cases, thenumber of registered Japanese JP Domain Names has shown rapid progress.

The

number of new registrations was over 6,000 in November 2004 and 15,000 in
December, and the accumulated number of registered Japanese JP Domain Namereached a record level exceeding 63,000 at the end of the year.
Education and Distribution Activities Through Various Events
JPRS provided information on the cutting-edge Internet technologies and usage
methods of domain names through various co-sponsored events, seminars orconferences and exhibitions, providing the opportunities for many people to gain greater
understanding of the Internet and JP Domain Name.
•

June

6th ThinkQuest@JAPAN 2003

•

June

NetWorld+Interop2004 Tokyo•

AugustMCF Mobile Conference (mobidec 2004)•

DecemberInternet Week 2004

Research and Development of Next-Generation DNS
We conduct research and development of DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) in orderto improve DNS security.

Adoption of public-key encryption and digital signature in

DNS information will materialize securer environment for users.

We also research anddevelop Anycast technology and DNS implementation technology in order to prepare forincrease of load on DNS.

JPRS is trying to maintain secure operation of DNS andactive in research and development of new technologies.

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1-4 External Relations
The Internet is a network that is not confined by regional or national borders, but is open
to the entire world.

Therefore, a system of well-balanced international operation isrequired in order for the Internet as a whole to function smoothly.

JPRS isenthusiastically putting forward proposals and making presentations at home andabroad as the registry for .JP.

At the same time, it contributes to construct a stable andhigh-quality Internet service framework through participation in the processes forestablishing technical standards.
Concretely, JPRS performed the activities shown below.
Standardization activities at IETFJPRS submitted the following Internet drafts:
ENUM
draft-ietf-enum-experiences-01.txt
DNS
draft-ietf-dnsop-misbehavior-against-aaaa-02.txt
draft-yasuhiro-dnsop-increasing-dns-server-01.txt
draft-fujiwara-dnsop-bad-dns-auth-01.txt
Participation in the establishment of ccNSO (the Country-Code Names
Supporting Organization)(March)JPRS participated in the establishment of the Country-Code Names Supporting
Organization (ccNSO) and currently takes part in the decision-making process of
ICANN as the ccNSO member for matters mainly on ccTLDs.
Participation in the establishment of the "Internet Governance Task Force ofJapan (IGTF-J)" (August)
JPRS participated in the establishment of the “Internet Governance Task Force of Japan(IGTF-J),” formed to take part from Japan in the activities of “Internet GovernanceWorking Group (WGIG)” set up by the United Nations.
IGTF.

Currently JPRS is a member of

IGTF has sent written comments to the WGIG meetings.

Submission of Comments to ICANN’s Public Comment Process
JPRS submitted its comments to ICANN, in response to the call for public comments onestablishment of new sTLDs (April) and ICANN’s 2004-2005 budget plan (June).

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Proposal and Presentations
At related meetings and events held here and abroad, JPRS has made a variety of
proposals and presentations, ranging from technologies related to domain names tousage know-how’s.
Date

Title

Meeting nameSponsor10th General Meeting

VoIP Promotion

Other Countries’ Efforts

of VoIP Promotion

Council (*1)(in Japanese)

Council

20 January Outline of ENUM and

26 January IDN Environment

12th CENTR Technical

Deployment in JapanCENTR (*2)

Workshop

26 January .JP Technical Update

12th CENTR Technical

CENTR

Workshop
28 January ENUM Trial in Japan

ENUM BoF in RIPE47

RIPE NCC (*3)

30 January JPRS Update

JANOG13 Meeting

JANOG (*4)

22 February A Glance at ENUM

AP* Retreat

AP* (*5)

23 February IDN Environment

Native Names

APRICOT (*6)

Deployment in Japan

Meeting, APRICOT

24 February TLDs and Related

APTLD Workshop

APTLD (*7)

ETSI ENUM Plugtest

ETSI (*8)

Organizations
24 February ENUM Trial in Japan

Workshop
25 February ENUM Activities in Japan

ENUM/SIP BoF,

APRICOTAPRICOT
2 March .JP Status Report

ICANN ccTLD Meeting

ICANN ccTLD
meeting (*9)

3 MarchExperiences fromIETF59 ENUM WG

IETF (*10)

IETF59 ENUM WG

IETF

Implementing ENUM
System
3 March ENUM Activities in JAPAN9 March Issue of Mutual Connection Latest Trends inof IP Phone – Solution by

Internet Technology

ENUM (in Japanese)

2004

Internet Forum(*11)

Information andJapan Data

Communication Services

Communication

Communicationon the Internet

Technology Lecture

Association

10 March Role of ENUM in

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(in Japanese)
16 March IPv6 DNS Operation of .JP

Meeting(*12)

1st NGI WG @ Seoul

Japan, China andSouth Korea
Information andCommunication
Ministers Meeting

19 March Registry -Registrar Model

CENTR Administrative

– JP–

CENTR

Workshop

14 April Trends in ccTLD(in Japanese)
21 May Activities and Status in
Japan – ENUM–
22 May Activities and Status in
Japan – IDN –ICANN Debrief

JPNIC (*13)/

SessionIAjapan (*14)

APT-ITU Workshop on

APT (*15)/

ENUM and IDN

ITU (*16)

APT-ITU Workshop on

APT/ITU

ENUM and IDN

23 May DNSSEC Experiences

DNSSEC Deployment

DNSSECWorkshop – "Building a Deployment

in .JP

24 May Internet Governance– Focusing on Domain

Road Map for

Working GroupDNSSEC Deployment"(*17)

Internet GovernanceNikkei Digital

Study Group

CORE (*18)

1st NICT Research

NICT (*19)

Names – (in Japanese)
4 June Research andPresentation Meeting

Development of
Next-Generation DNS(in Japanese)
28-29 June Identification with URI and
ENUM(in Japanese)

N+I2004 Tokyo Tutorial

NetWorld+

T201 “IP Telephony-

Interop 2004

Technology, Operation

Tokyo Executive

and Internet Service

Committee (*20)

Strategy”
29 June Introduction to Domain

N+I2004 Tokyo

NetWorld+

Name System

Workshop W807

Interop 2004

(in Japanese)“The Latest DNSTokyo Executive

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Technologies Update”

Committee

29 June Latest Trends in DNS

N+I2004 Tokyo

NetWorld+(in Japanese)

Workshop W807

Interop 2004

“The Latest DNSTokyo Executive

Technologies Update”

Committee

N+I2004 Tokyo

NetWorld+

Conference C15

Interop 2004

“Hot Topics in DNS”

Tokyo Executive

1 July JP DNS Update

Committee
2 July ENUM Activities in AP

AP* Retreat

AP*

APNG CampAPNG (*21)

GAC IDN Workshop

ICANN GAC

Region2 July JPRS – Cooperation with
Community as a ccTLD
Registry –17 July IDN Development –with
Focus on CJK Region –(*22)

18 July Issues on ICANN FY

APTLD Members

2004-05 Budget

APTLD

Meeting

21 July JPRS Update

JANOG14 Meeting

JANOG

21 July Imminent Needs!

IDN Workshop

ICANN (*23)

Joint ICANN/ITU-TICANN/ITU– IDN-enabled User
Environments –24 July Community and ccTLD in
Japan

ccTLD Workshop

1 August Experience with 8-bit LabelIEPG Meeting

IEPG (*24)

IETF60 ENUM WG

IETF

in JP Zone
4 August draft-ietf-enumexperiences-00.txt

Meeting

4 August An Approach for Increasing

IETF60 DNSOP WG

IETF

Meeting

Root and TLD DNS
Servers
9 September Trend of ccTLDs

ICANN Debrief(in Japanese)

JPNIC/IAjapan

Session11 October WHOIS for .JP

CENTR 5th

– JPRS WHOIS–

Administrative
Workshop

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CENTR

12 October Registry Interfaces for .JP

CENTR 5th

CENTR

Administrative
Workshop
8 November draft-fujiwara-dnsop-bad-

IETF61 DNSOP WG

IETF

ICANN IDN Workshop

ICANN

Internet Week 2004

JPNIC

dns-auth-01
1 December IDN Environment Being
Boosted2 December Topics Report – DNS &DNS Day

Registry (IANA/RIR) –(in Japanese)

Internet Week 2004

2 December Utilization Technique for
Domain Names for Web

JPRS

Sites

Solution Seminar(in Japanese)

3 December DNS Day: JP DNSInternet Week 2004

UpdatesJPNIC

DNS Day

3 December Attacks on DNSInternet Week 2004

(in Japanese)

Internet Week 2004

JPNIC

DNS Day(DNSSEC)asJPNIC

DNS Day

3 December Protecting Contents
−DNS

JPRS

InfrastructureInternet Week 2004

3 December Use Name Server withJPNIC

DNS DayInternal Name(in Japanese)

Internet Week 2004

3 December Latest Trends in

JPNIC

DNS Day

DNS-related Technology(in Japanese)
3 December Accountability Framework

ccNSO Meeting

ccNSO (*25)

NeuLevel DNS Panel

NeuLevel (*26)

Working Group (AF-WG)
3 December Experience with 8-bit
Labels in JP Zone

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*1 VoIP Promotion Council
http://www.telesa.or.jp/committee/2004/voip/*2 CENTR: Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries
http://www.centr.org/*3 RIPE NCC: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
http://www.ripe.net/*4 JANOG: Japan Network Operators' Group
http://www.janog.gr.jp/*5 AP*
http://www.apstar.org/*6 APRICOT: Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies
http://www.apricot.net/*7 APTLD: Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association
http://www.aptld.org/*8 ETSI: European Telecommunications Standards Institutehttp://www.etsi.org/*9 ICANN ccTLD Meeting
http://www.wwtld.org/*10 IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force
http://www.ietf.org/*11 Internet Forum
http://www.internetforum.gr.jp/*12 Japan Data Communication Association
http://www.dekyo.or.jp/*13 JPNIC: Japan Network Information Center
http://www.nic.ad.jp/*14 IA japan: Internet Association Japan
http://www.iajapan.org/*15 APT: Asia Pacific Telecommunity
http://www.aptsec.org/*16 ITU: International Telecommunication Union
http://www.itu.int/*17 DNSSEC Deployment Working Group
http://www.sdl.sri.com/other/dnssec/*18 Nikkei Digital CORE
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/digitalcore/

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*19 NICT: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
http://www.nict.go.jp/*20 NetWorld+Interop 2004 Tokyo Steering Committee
http://www.interop.jp/*21 APNG: Asia Pacific Networking Group
http://www.apng.org/*22 ICANN GAC: Governmental Advisory Committee
http://www.icann.org/committees/gac/*23 ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.org/*24 IEPG: Internet Operational Group
http://www.iepg.org./*25 ccNSO: Country Code Names Supporting Organization
http://ccnso.icann.org/*26 NeuLevel
http://www.neulevel.biz/

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1-5 Other Activities
ENUM
ENUM is a technology which enables unified access to various communication serviceson the Internet using telephone numbers.

In order to realize this new technology,

JPRS is conducting various research and development and making proposals throughtechnical exchanges with related entities.
In addition, JPRS undertakes other projects including signing of the memorandum
between JPRS and KRNIC for technical cooperation regarding ENUM DNS (February),and participation in APEET (Asia Pacific ENUM Engineering Team), a technical groupfor ENUM in the Asia and Pacific region (July).

Moreover, with regard to “ENUM Trial

Japan” (ETJP) in which various technical examinations are carried out and technicalissues for service implementation are sorted out and investigated, JPRS has performed
not only duties as the member, but also the joint management of the secretariat withJapan Network Information Center (JPNIC).
Information

related

to

ENUM

is

provided

in

“ENUM

Info

by

JPRS”

(http://jprs.co.jp/enum/).
Research and Development Commissioned by the National Institute ofInformation and Communications Technology
JPRS submitted a proposal developed jointly with NTT Communications for “Researchand development of security enhancement in central functions of the Internet.”This

research was one of the new commissioned research themes for 2004 of the National
Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), and JPRS was
selected.

Among the relevant theme, JPRS takes charge of the part related to“High-reliability technology of DNS servers.”

In October 2004, JPRS started researchand development of DNS implementation technologies and DNS dispersion techniques
using Anycast.

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1-6 Overview of This Term’s Activities and Challenges for the Future
In 2004, JPRS made an effort to maintain an appropriate balance between the four
values (reliability, stability, usability and fee performance) that support the service ofdomain name registration and management and to raise those values to a higher level.
Specifically, these efforts include activities related to the protection of personal
information, technical measures for improved stability of JP DNS, maintenance of risk
management system and promotions of Japanese JP Domain Name.
However, there are some remaining issues, and we must work further on them forsolution.

Examples include update frequency of JP DNS and implementation methodof system maintenance.

We also need to make necessary improvements to reinforce

the framework of co-operation with JP Registrars.

Through making an ongoing effort

to tackle these issues, we hope to make JP Domain Name more user-friendly and more
popular.
The year 2004 experienced significant changes in the surrounding of Japanese JP
Domain Name.

In order to expedite this movement further, we will continue to develop

and maintain the user environment and carry out promotion activities in the future.

There is no definite goal for us for improvement of reliability and stability.

There arealways issues coming out along with changes in the social situation and demands.
With regard to the protection of personal information in particular, we will be handling
this at a working level, according to obligations of private vendors specified in the“Personal Information Protection Act”.

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2. Mid-term Vision as the JP Domain Name Registry
Regarding management and administration of .JP top-level domain, JPRS isdetermined to continue to expedite processes balancing reliability, stability, usability andfee performance.

Followings are our policies toward each of the four values.

Reliability
JPRS will continue its endeavor to improve reliability so that domain name registrants
and users can use the domain space securely.

Specifically, while enhancing aspects

of information security and personal information protection further, we will seek ideal
operation of the Internet, the best balance between disclosure of registered informationand protection of personal information for dispute resolutions, and conformity to thepresent and future Internet.
Stability
JPRS will always try to provide more stable registration system and JP DNS service.
Concern of JPRS is laid upon not only maintaining stability in regular times, but also
keeping service sustainability in terms of crisis management.

Especially, JPRS aspires

to attain the following four points:•

Optimizing server deployment•

Consolidating operational framework•

Enhancing query performance•

Improving responsiveness to users

Usability
JPRS will commit itself to materialize user-friendly JP Domain Name by improving rules
and procedures for registration.

JPRS will also work on widening usage of JP Domain

Name offering new convenient features such as the names easily used in mobile
Internet environment and Japanese JP Domain Name.

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Fee Performance
JPRS will work on fee reduction when it has adequately ensured reliability, stability andusability which are essential for secure use of JP Domain Name.
Specifically, JPRS reduced registration fee of General-Use JP Domain Name in the
fourth quarter of 2004, and is planning to reduce renewal fee in later 2005.
Furthermore, JPRS is willing to continue to tackle further fee reduction, balancing
increase in the number of registration and need for investment in pursuit of improved
reliability, stability and usability.
Framework of Implementation
To ensure stability and availability of JP Domain Names under fierce and constantcompetition with other TLDs, JPRS needs not only to provide services considering the
public interests, but also continue to develop the domain name for the future.
Therefore, we will actively exchange information on technologies and work incooperation with stakeholders involved with the Internet, including registrants andusers.
Through continuously conducting these measures, we are striving to provide JP Domain
Name which is attractive and can be used with a sense of security.

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3. Data
3-1 Number of Registered JP Domain Name (cumulative)
Number of domains

General-Use

Organizational/Geographic Type700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000

2004/07

2003/07

2002/07

2001/07

2000/07

1999/07

1998/07

1997/07

1996/07

1995/07

1994/07

1993/07

1992/070(Unit: Number of domain names)

Year/Month

Organizational/Geographic

General-Use JP

Type JP Domain Name

Domain Name

Total

1992/07

843

---

843

1992/10

912

---

912

1993/01

953

---

953

1993/04

---

---

---

1993/07

1,085

---

1,085

1993/10

1,216

---

1,216

1994/01

1,341

---

1,341

1994/04

1,505

---

1,505

1994/07

1,697

---

1,697

1994/10

1,884

---

1,884

1995/01

2,206

---

2,206

1995/04

2,625

---

2,625

1995/07

3,157

---

3,157

1995/10

3,780

---

3,780

1996/01

4,781

---

4,781

1996/04

6,432

---

6,432

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1996/07

8,942

---

8,942

1996/10

12,184---

12,184

1997/01

15,477---

15,477

1997/04

19,543---

19,543

1997/07

24,256---24,256

1997/1028,927---28,927

1998/01

33,739---33,7391998/04

38,921---

38,921

1998/0744,527---44,527

1998/1050,980---50,9801999/01

58,549---58,5491999/04

68,723---68,723

1999/0782,327---82,327

1999/10

100,947---

100,947

2000/01

124,573---

124,573

2000/04

157,874---

157,874

2000/07

190,709---

190,709

2000/10

216,254---

216,254

2001/01

234,294---234,294

2001/04

249,475

52,217

301,692

2001/07264,209

152,804

417,013

2001/10274,422

169,064

443,486

2002/01

283,340

183,499

466,839

2002/04

291,881

196,897

488,778

2002/07295,744

186,900

482,644

2002/10

298,822

195,050

493,872

2003/01

297,413205,493502,906

2003/04

298,391

218,146

516,537

2003/07299,667

219,986

519,653

2003/10

304,886

232,655

537,541

2004/01

309,193245,100

554,293

2004/04

315,335

258,323

573,658

2004/07319,641

267,771

587,412

2005/01

327,742

317,455

645,197

Please refer to “JP Domain Name Statistics” (http://jpinfo.jp/stats/) for the latest information.

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3-2 Breakdown of the Number of Registered JP Domain Name
Breakdown of the number of registered JP Domain Name as of Jan. 1, 2005:
General-Use
Japanese
9.8%
CO
41.2%

Organizational/
Geographic Type
50.8%

General-Use
ASCII
39.4%

GO
0.1%

OR
3.0%

AC
0.5%
AD
0.1%
Geographic Type
0.6%

NE
2.7%
GR
LG
0.5%

ED
0.7%

1.4%

(Unit: Number of domains)

Organizational/Geographic Type JP Domain Name
AD

AC

CO

302

3,135 265,973

GO
826

OR

NE

GR

ED

LG

GEO

19,515

17,260

9,284

4,302

2,949

4,196

General-Use JP
Domain NameASCIIJapanese

254,131

63,324

Please refer to “JP Domain Name Statistics” (http://jpinfo.jp/stats/) for the latest information.

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3-3 Number of Accredited JP Registrars
Organizational/Geographic Type

General-use

Number of registrars

600
500
400
300
200
100

(Unit: Number of registrars)

Organizational/
Year/Month

Geographic TypeJP Domain Name

General-Use JP
Domain Name

Total

2001/04

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443

443

2001/07

---

480

480

2001/10

---

487

487

2002/01

---

490

490

2002/04

482

504

986

2002/07

530

510

1,040

2002/10

547

535

1,082

2003/01

560

546

1,106

2003/04

559

546

1,105

2003/07

565

553

1,118

2003/10

555

553

1,108

2004/01

557

559

1,116

2004/04

556

560

1,116

2004/07

552

560

1,112

2004/10

553

563

1,116

2005/01

553

564

1,117

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2005/01

2004/10

2004/07

2004/04

2004/01

2003/10

2003/07

2003/04

2003/01

2002/10

2002/07

2002/04

2002/01

2001/10

2001/07

2001/04

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4-1 History
2000

Dec.

JPRS Established.

2001

Feb.

General-Use JP Domain Priority Registration Phase started.

2001

Apr.

General-Use JP Domain Concurrent Registration Phase started.

2001

May

General-Use JP Domain Formal FCFS Registration started.

2002

Feb.

JPRS signed the “ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement (.jp)” with ICANN.

2002

Apr.

Management and administration of the .JP top-level domain weretransferred from JPNIC to JPRS.

2002

Oct.

Second level domain for local governments, “LG.JP”, was established.

2002

Oct.

JPRS started distribution of i-NavTM Plug-In which enables
Web-browsing with Japanese JP Domain Name.

2003

Jan.

Total number of JP Domain Name registration reached 500,000.

2003

Jun.

IDN Domain Name service was endorsed by ICANN.

2003

Jul.

RFC-based Japanese JP Domain Name registration service started.

2003

Dec.

“Japanese JP Domain Access Site” for mobile phones wasestablished.

2004

Feb.

IP Anycast technology was introduced in JP DNS service(“a.dns.jp”, “d.dns.jp”).

2004

Feb.

“Nihongo JP Navi” service started.

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4-2 JPRS Press Releases* Releases are written in Japanese language
2004

Feb. 2 JPRS and IIJ introduce IP Anycast technology to JP DNS Service– JP DNS even more reliable with better quality of service and fault
tolerance –Feb. 12 “Nihongo JP Navi” service starts on 18 February– Easy access to Web sites from PC with Japanese JP Domain Namerealized –Feb. 19 “Nihongo JP Navi” service starts today– Solution displayed for Non-IDN-aware PC browsers for accessing
Web sites from PCs with Japanese JP Domain Name –Feb. 24 JPRS and KRNIC signed MoU on ENUM DNS– Agreed to cooperate on development and trial of “ENUM DNS”
related technologies –Jul. 6

Translation of “JP Domain Name Registry Report (July 2004)” posted

Jul. 21 JP Domain Name starts the world's first full support for IPv6 as TLD– A landscape advance in IPv6 addressing environment in Japan –Dec. 1 JPRS opens a portal site of Japanese JP Domain, “日本語.jp”(http://日本語.jp)– Providing comprehensive information on Japanese JP Domain
Name including user environment and usage cases –Dec. 20 Number of monthly registered Japanese JP Domain Name exceeded
6,000 in November– The number of registrations increased significantly due todevelopment of user environment and increase in the number ofusage cases of PCs and mobile phones –Please refer to “Press Releases” (http://jprs.co.jp/en/press/) for the latest information.

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