.jp domains

Japan

.JP domains pertain to Japan. Created in year 1986, the extension has more than 1,300,000 registered domains.

Actually, .jp domains are managed by Japan Registry Service.

Rates and features

.jp

59,95 €

It's mandatory that one of the contacts of .JP domains to reside or have presence in Japan.

Transfer not supported

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	59,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	59,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	-		-

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Residency requirements / Membership:	It's mandatory that one of the contacts of .JP domains to reside or have presence in Japan.
Transfer system:	Transfer process isn't supported by the system.

Regulations

.jp domain life cycle


	Domain registration		Expiration/Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Domain available

Permitted characters

.jp domains permit characters from 'a' to 'z', numbers from '0' to '9' and hyphens '-'.
A hyphen '-' is not permitted in the first or last position of the domain name.
Two consecutive hyphens are not permitted in the 3rd and 4th position.

Residency requirements

It's mandatory that one of the contacts of .JP domains to reside or have presence in Japan.

Technical requirements

This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.

Registrations

.jp domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

Transfer process isn't supported by the system..

Renewals

The renewal of .JP domains is different than with other extensions.

It's necessary to request the domain renewal at least 18 days before the domain expiration.

In case the renewal request is done after this date, the correct renewal is not guaranteed.

Cancellations

It's possible to request a cancellation of your .JP domain, visit the support center to open a support ticket. Please note, cancelling a name does not provide a refund of any registration fees.

DNS modifications

DNS modification is immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.

DNSSEC

We allow the usage of DNSSEC on .jp domains. Your domain can take advantage of this additional security layer that DNS servers that are compatible with this technology can provide.
More information is available at: What is DNSSEC and how does it work