.jp (Japan) - Amazon Route 53
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.jp (Japan)

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Lease period for registration and renewal

One year.

Restrictions

Open to the public, with one restriction:

  • Only individuals or companies in Japan can register a .jp domain name.

Privacy protection

Not supported.

Domain locking to prevent unauthorized transfers

Not supported. We recommend that you prevent unauthorized transfers by restricting access to the RetrieveDomainAuthCode API action. (When you restrict access to this Route 53 API, you also restrict who can generate an authorization code using the Route 53 console, Amazon SDKs, and other programmatic methods.) For more information, see Identity and access management in Amazon Route 53.

Internationalized domain names

Supported for Japanese.

Authorization code required for transfers

Yes.

DNSSEC

Supported for domain registration. For more information, see Configuring DNSSEC for a domain.

Deadlines for renewing and restoring domains

  • Renewal is possible: Until 16 days before the expiration date

  • Late renewal with Route 53 is possible: No

  • Domain is deleted from Route 53: 6 days before expiration

  • Restoration with the registry is possible: Contact Amazon Support.

  • Domain is deleted from the registry: Contact Amazon Support.

Note

Registering non-general-purpose JP domains such as .co.jp and .or.jp is currently not possible.