.JP

.JP is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of Japan. A .JP domain is normally used by companies or private entities who are located in Japan or who have business relationships with Japan.

Introduced	1986
Country	Japan
Registry	JPRS
IDN Capable	Yes
Webpage	Register .JP

Registry

TLD	.jp
Registry	JPRS
Dispute Policy	Rules
Registrar	1api GmbH
WHOIS-Server	-
Min. Characters	1
Max. Characters	63
Character Set	Letters and numbers Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD IDN: allowed
Limitations	Registrant Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Admin Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Tech Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 1 Billing Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 1 The registrant must be located in Japan (JP).
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IDN capable	Yes
Restore capable	Real-Time
Handle Updates	Supported
Registration System	Real-Time
Allowed number of NS	0 to 13
Registry Nameservercheck	No
Host IP-Addresses Type	IPv4
Hosts managed as	Object
SEC DNS Interface	DS data interface
Transferclass	Pull
Transfer Periods	0Y
Transfer Authcode required	Yes
Transfer Real-Time	-
Transfer Confirmation (Request / Approve)	FOA E-Mail / -
Owner Change by	Update

Periods

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Registration Periods	1 year
Add Grace Period	0 days
Accounting Period	-12 days
Finalization Period	-6 days
Failure Period	2 days
Payment Period	-61 days
Deletion Restorable Period	0 days
Deletion Hold Period	0 days
Explicit Renewals	No
Renewal Periods	1 year

API

Domain Registration

Domains can be registered in Real-Time with the API AddDomain command.

command = AddDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)

OPTIONAL

auth = (TEXT) | (NULL)
period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)

Domain Transfer

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)

OPTIONAL

period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)
action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 0 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

command = RestoreDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

OPTIONAL

subuser = (TEXT)
renewalmode = (NULL) | (TEXT)

Please see TLD Specific for more information.

Ownerchange

command = ModifyDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

An Ownerchange is free of charge and can be done with the API ModifyDomain command. REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)

TLD specific

Registrant name in Japanese

Registrants can have their name shown with Japanese characters with the following parameter. It can be used when modifying or registering the domain.

COMMAND = ModifyDomain
DOMAIN = (DOMAIN)
X-JP-KANA-ORGANIZATION = TEXT or NULL

Transfer

The transfer has to be initiated at the gaining registrar and confirmation is required. An email confirmation will be sent to the whois domain contact. Once confirmed, the transfer is initiated.

After the transfer has been initiated, the transfer must be approved by the losing registrar within 10 days.

Restore

Often the domain is restorable for a longer period of time but the period can vary depending on the domain expiration date. Please contact support to see if a restore is still possible.

DNSSEC

The registry has announced they will not be supporting the following DNSSEC Algorithms and Digest Types.

Algorithms:

• 3（DSA）
• 5（RSASHA1）
• 6（DSA-NSEC3-SHA）
• 7（RSASHA1-NSEC3-SHA1）
• 10（RSASHA512）
• 12（ECC-GOST）

Digest Types:

• 1（SHA-1）
• 3（GOST R 34.11-94）

(Jan 2020)

Addons

Trustee Service is applied to all applications automatically.

The following overview shows you all available Domain Addons which can be used for this special kind of TLD. It also shows the respective API parameters which are required to activate the Domain Addons:

Addon Class	Parameter to (de)activate *1)	Renewal term *2)	Affected Parameters *3)
Proxy (WHOISTRUSTEELITE_JP)	X-ACCEPT-WHOISTRUSTEELITE-TAC = 0 | 1	1 month	All Contacts
Proxy (WHOISTRUSTEE_JP)	X-ACCEPT-WHOISTRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1	1 month	All Contacts
Proxy (WIXIPRIVACY_JP_WIXI)	X-PROXY = 0 | WIXIPRIVACY	1 month	All Contacts
Trustee	X-JP-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1	1 month	OWNERCONTACT

*1) Parameter to (de)activate: When accessing our backend through the API, you can either activate the addon with X-ACCEPT-WHOISTRUSTEELITE-TAC=1 or deactivate it with
      X-ACCEPT-WHOISTRUSTEELITE-TAC=0

*2) Renewal Term: Is the minimum renewal term of the "Addon Class"

*3) If you are using a "Proxy" Domain Addon normally all contact handles are affected (registrant, admin, tech, and billing contact).
      
      
      If you are using a "Trustee" Domain Addon normally the original owner contact or the original admin contact or both are replaced by a contact provided by the trustee provider.
      

RegistrarOC

Restore Process

To restore a domain as a RegistrarOC customer, you simply have to execute the RestoreDomain command. HEXONET directly forwards the restore request to the registry, which performs the restore in real-time. As soon as the restore is complete, the domain will get assigned to your account with the original domain data.

Please do not initiate a restore directly at the registry (e.g. using the registrar webinterface). All restore operations must be performed through our system.