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Directors</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">14 Mar.2022</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2022/220314.html" rel="bookmark">Yuri Takamatsu of JPRS appointed to APTLD board of directors</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">26 Feb.2021</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2021/210226.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Launched its 20th Anniversary Website "HISTORY OF 20 YEARS"</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">18 Dec.2020</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2020/201218.html" rel="bookmark">M-Root Instance Launched in Brisbane Based on a New Cooperative Relationship with APNIC</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 7 Dec.2020</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2020/201207.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">26 Oct.2020</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2020/201026.html" rel="bookmark">Hirofumi Hotta of JPRS Received Recognition from ICANN</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">31 Aug.2020</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2020/200831.html" rel="bookmark">M-Root deployment to expand under new collaboration agreement</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 7 Feb.2020</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2020/200207.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Obtains WebTrust Accreditation for Certification Authorities</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">26 Sep.2019</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2019/190926.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Acquires ISO 27001 Certification</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 5 Feb.2018</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2018/180205.html" rel="bookmark">JP Domain Names Surpassed 1.5 Million</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 4 Sep.2017</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2017/170904.html" rel="bookmark">Cumulative Number of General-use JP Domain Names Exceeded 1 Million</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">27 Jun.2017</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2017/170627.html" rel="bookmark">Hirofumi Hotta of JPRS Received the ICANN 2017 Multistakeholder Ethos Award</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">13 Jul.2015</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2015/150713.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS to Launch a Joint Research Project with ISPs to Create a More Fault-Tolerant DNS Environment</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">23 Jun.2015</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2015/150623.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS signs MoU with ICANN and JPNIC on Japanese translation of ICANN materials</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 4 Nov.2014</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2014/141104.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Introduces Japanese Characters into Prefecture Labels of Prefecture Type JP Domain Names</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">25 Apr.2014</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2014/140425.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS to provide Japan's first operational scheme to support new gTLD registrations</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">19 Aug.2013</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2013/130819.html" rel="bookmark">Application for New gTLD ".jprs" Passes Initial Evaluation</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">26 Feb.2013</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2013/130226_2.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS agrees on further cooperation with ICANN activities during visit by ICANN president</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">26 Feb.2013</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2013/130226.html" rel="bookmark">Hirofumi Hotta of JPRS appointed to APTLD board of directors</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">14 Jun.2012</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2012/120614.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS files a New gTLD Program application with ICANN to establish ".jprs" for the purpose of research for the Internet</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">17 Jan.2011</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2011/110117.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Deploys DNSSEC in the JP Domain Name Service</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">22 Apr.2009</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2009/090422.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Participates in BIND 10 Development Project</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 5 Feb.2008</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2008/080205.html" rel="bookmark">The M-Root DNS server has its IPv6 address registered in the root zone, making DNS queries in IPv6 possible, and further accelerating transition to IPv6.</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">20 Dec.2005</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2005/051220.html" rel="bookmark">WIDE Project and JPRS Start Joint Operation of a Root DNS Server</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 8 Feb.2005</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2005/050208.html" rel="bookmark">Cumulative Number of Registered General-Use JP Domain Names Exceeds 330,000, Surpassing Organizational/Geographic Type JP Domain Names - Total Number of JP Domain Name Reached 660,000 -</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">19 Jan.2005</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2005/050119.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS applied for candidacy in the next registry operator for ".NET" jointly with NeuLevel - Aiming to further its contribution to the community by participating in the management and operation of the world's 2nd largest gTLD -</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">21 Jul.2004</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2004/040721.html" rel="bookmark">JP Domain Name Starts the World's First Full Support for IPv6 as TLD - A landscape advance in IPv6 addressing environment in Japan -</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 2 Feb.2004</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2004/040202.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS and IIJ Introduce IP Anycast Technology to JP DNS Service - JP DNS Even More Reliable with Better Quality of Service and Fault Tolerance -</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 7 Mar.2003</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2003/030307.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Will Start RFC-based Japanese JP Domain Name Registration and Management Services from March 20. - Internationalized Domain Name(IDN) Standard Published as RFCs -</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">21 Oct.2002</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2002/021021.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Starts Distribution of i-Nav? Plug-In Which Enables Web-Browsing with Japanese-Language .JP Domain Names- Japanese .JP Domain Names Become Easily Accessible with Internet Explorer -</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100"> 1 Apr.2002</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2002/020401.html" rel="bookmark">Management and Administration of .JP Top-Level Domain Transferred from JPNIC to JPRS - JPRS Starts Management Operations Today (April 1) -</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">28 Feb.2002</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2002/020228.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS Signed an Agreement with ICANN on Management and Administration of .JP Top Level Domain - JPRS Will Start the Management and Administration from April 1. -</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">27 Aug.2001</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2001/010827.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS today launches a new service for browsing Japanese JP domain names - Japanese JP domain names become accessible with Internet Explorer -</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="newsListDate" width="100">31 Jul.2001</th> <td> <a href="/en/press/2001/010731.html" rel="bookmark">JPRS announces a new service for browsing Japanese JP domain names - Japanese JP domain names become accessible through Internet Explorer -</a> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="block"> <h2>Archive</h2> <ul class="lonavBacknumberList clearfix"> <li><a href="/en/press/2024/">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2022/">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2021/">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2020/">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2019/">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2018/">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2017/">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2015/">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2014/">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2013/">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2012/">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2011/">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2009/">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2008/">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2005/">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2004/">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2003/">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2002/">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/en/press/2001/">2001</a></li> </ul> </div> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[var activeNav='press';// ]]></script> </div> </div>  <p class="pagetop"><a href="#under"><span>PAGE TOP</span></a></p>   <footer class="clearfix"> <div class="foot_nav"> <div class="foot_in"> <ul class="clearfix"> <li><a href="/en/sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></li> <li><a href="/en/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/en/about_our_websites.html">About Our Websites</a></li> <li><a href="/en/copyright.html">Copyright</a></li> </ul> </div> <p class="copy pc_copy">Copyright © 2001-2025 Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd.</p> </div> <div class="foot_logo"> <p class="overimg"><form action="https://sitesealinfo.pubcert.jprs.jp/SiteSealReference" name="SiteSealReference" method="post" target="_blank"> <p class="copy sp_copy">Copyright © 2001-2025<br>Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd.</p>  <input type="image" name="Sticker" src="/img2/jprs_siteseal_140x59_OV.png" alt="クリックして証明書の内容をご確認ください。" oncontextmenu="return false;" /> <input type="hidden" name="certificateCn" value="jprs.co.jp" /> <input type="hidden" name="certificateClass" value="OV" />  </form></p> </div> </footer>  <script src="/cmn/js/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script> <script src="/cmn/js/jquery.cookie.js"></script> <script async defer src="/cmn/js/common.js"></script> <script async defer src="/cmn/js/switch.js"></script> <script defer src="/cmn/js/jquery.heightLine.js"></script>  <script type="text/javascript"> var _uic = _uic ||{}; var _uih = _uih ||{};_uih['id'] = 53861; _uih['lg_id'] = ''; _uih['fb_id'] = ''; _uih['tw_id'] = ''; _uih['uigr_1'] = ''; _uih['uigr_2'] = ''; _uih['uigr_3'] = ''; _uih['uigr_4'] = ''; _uih['uigr_5'] = ''; _uih['uigr_6'] = ''; _uih['uigr_7'] = ''; _uih['uigr_8'] = ''; _uih['uigr_9'] = ''; _uih['uigr_10'] = ''; _uic['uls'] = 1; /* DO NOT ALTER BELOW THIS LINE */ /* WITH FIRST PARTY COOKIE */ (function() { var bi = document.createElement('script');bi.type = 'text/javascript'; bi.async = true; bi.src = '//cs.nakanohito.jp/b3/bi.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(bi, s); })(); </script>  </body> </html>