.jp is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Japan. It was established in 1986 and is administered by the Japan Registry Services.
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".jp" is the special suffix used in website addresses to identify organizations and individuals based in Japan, similar to how ".com" or ".org" work for general websites. It was created in 1986 and is managed by Japan Registry Services, making it an official marker of Japanese online presence.
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Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- .jp
- Top level domain.image
- Dotjp.svg
- Top level domain.image_size
- 120px
- Top level domain.type
- Country code top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Active
- Top level domain.registry
- Japan Registry Services
- Top level domain.sponsor
- JPNIC
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Entities connected with Japan
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Very popular in Japan
- Top level domain.registereddomains
- 1,830,999
- Top level domain.dateregistereddomains
- 2026-02-02
- Top level domain.restrictions
- Second-level registrations require a Japanese mailing address; third-level registrations have varying rules depending on which second-level name they are beneath
Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Second-level domains
- Geographical type jp domain names
- Internationalized top-level domains
- See also
- References
- External links
.jp is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Japan. It was established in 1986 and is administered by the Japan Registry Services.
==History== At the establishment of the .jp domain, the domain was administered by the JPNIC, as part of their role as an overseeing technical body for the Internet in Japan. It was originally proposed by Jun Murai for the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California on August 5, 1986. Handling of the domain was first managed within the "junet-admin" admin group, which was responsible for the operations of JUNET, an early computer network in which Murai was a part of.