Country extension · Japan
.jp domain name
What you need to know about .jp: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .jp
- Country
- Japan
- Registry
- jprs.jp
- Registration period
- 1 to 2 years or 5 years
- Domain name length
- 3 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- 7 days
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 13
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: yesIf you don't meet the local address requirement, you can use a trustee service.
Requirements
Who can register a .jp?
- The registrant must be a person with a first name and surname. Registering with only an organisation name as the registrant isn't allowed.
- If you don't have an address in Japan, a local Japanese address is arranged for you automatically.
Additional details for registration
- For every contact with an address in Japan, you must provide the prefecture as a two-digit code according to ISO 3166-2:JP.
- For a Japanese address, the postcode must be in the format XXX-XXXX and the town or city name must match that postcode. Including the prefecture in the street address isn't required.
- A Japanese address must come with a valid Japanese phone number, for example a landline number with an area code such as 03 for Tokyo, or a mobile number starting with 070 or 080.
- For a domain name with special characters, you can also provide the registrant details in Japanese characters. These must match the regular registrant details. The email address must stay in regular letters.
Transfer
Transferring a .jp
- You can't transfer the domain if it expires within 30 days.
- You need a valid transfer code for a transfer.
- The registrant details stay the same during the transfer. You can't put the domain name in someone else's name during the transfer.
- After a successful transfer, the registry puts a 60-day transfer lock on the domain name.
- If you're transferring away from WebOké, the transfer must be approved within 5 days. If it isn't, the transfer fails.
- If you're using the automatically arranged Japanese address, you must first provide your own address in Japan as the registrant address before transferring away. Otherwise you can't transfer the domain.
The transfer code
- You need a transfer code to transfer the domain name to another registrar.
- WebOké requests the transfer code from the registry for you.
Owner
Change of registrant
- You can't change the registrant during a transfer. This has to be done before or after.
- If you want to transfer away without your own Japanese address, you must first have a registrant with their own address in Japan set up.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website jprs.jp
- Registry whois whois.jprs.jp
- Dispute resolution policy nic.ad.jp
- Registry terms and conditions japanregistry.com
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.