<s>
The	O
web	O
address	O
suffix	O
.jp	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
country	I-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
1986	O
and	O
is	O
administered	O
by	O
the	O
Japan	O
Registry	B-Protocol
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
establishment	O
of	O
the	O
.jp	B-General_Concept
domain	O
,	O
the	O
domain	O
was	O
administered	O
by	O
the	O
JPNIC	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
role	O
as	O
an	O
overseeing	O
technical	O
body	O
for	O
the	O
Internet	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1989	O
,	O
the	O
junet-admin	O
group	O
began	O
formally	O
registering	O
.jp	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
growing	O
importance	O
and	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
.jp	B-General_Concept
registry	B-Protocol
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
at	O
the	O
11th	O
General	O
Meeting	O
of	O
JPNIC	O
in	O
December	O
2000	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
corporation	O
that	O
would	O
manage	O
the	O
.jp	B-General_Concept
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
the	O
Japan	O
Registry	B-Protocol
Service	O
was	O
created	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
officially	O
assumed	O
the	O
duties	O
of	O
the	O
.jp	B-General_Concept
registry	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
.jp	B-General_Concept
registrations	O
are	O
only	O
allowed	O
if	O
the	O
registrant	O
has	O
a	O
physical	O
address	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Japan	O
has	O
considered	O
registering	O
an	O
internationalized	B-General_Concept
country	I-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
top-level	I-General_Concept
domain	I-General_Concept
,	O
.日本	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Private	O
companies	O
have	O
registered	O
the	O
following	O
internationalized	B-Language
generic	I-Language
top-level	I-Language
domains	I-Language
using	O
Japanese	O
script	O
:	O
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