Changes

On January 31, 2002 the '''JP Domain Name Management and Administration Transfer Agreement''' was executed between JPRS and JPNIC and the .jp ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement was signed on February 27, 2002 between JPRS and ICANN. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/jp/sponsorship-agmt 27feb02.htm ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement(.jp)]</ref>

On January 31, 2002 the '''JP Domain Name Management and Administration Transfer Agreement''' was executed between JPRS and JPNIC and the .jp ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement was signed on February 27, 2002 between JPRS and ICANN. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/jp/sponsorship-agmt 27feb02.htm ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement(.jp)]</ref>

On June 12, 2003, Koki Higashida, president of JPRS wrote to [[Paul Twomey]], ICANN President and CEO expressing the company's frustration regarding the slow process in the finalization of the [[IDN]]  Implementation Guidelines and Procedures as well ad ICANN's unresponsiveness on the issue. Higashida pointed out that during the Board Meeting in Rio de Janeiro on March 23, 2006, Dr. [[Andrew Mc Laughlin]] mentioned that the first authorization of registration of IDN will be made over a couple of weeks by mid-April. According to him, the IDN service was delayed and the internet community in Japan hasn't received any explanation from ICANN thereby requesting Twomey to speed up the implementatio of IDN.<ref>[http://www.wwtld.org/meetings/cctld/20030622.Montreal-IDN-JPRS-to-ICANN.html wwtld.org]</ref>

On June 12, 2003, Koki Higashida, president of JPRS wrote to [[Paul Twomey]], ICANN President and CEO expressing the company's frustration regarding the slow process in the finalization of the [[IDN|International Domain Names]]  Implementation Guidelines and Procedures as well ad ICANN's unresponsiveness on the issue. Higashida pointed out that during the Board Meeting in Rio de Janeiro on March 23, 2006, Dr. [[Andrew Mc Laughlin]] mentioned that the first authorization of registration of IDN will be made over a couple of weeks by mid-April. According to him, the IDN service was delayed and the internet community in Japan hasn't received any explanation from ICANN thereby requesting Twomey to speed up the implementatio of IDN.<ref>[http://www.wwtld.org/meetings/cctld/20030622.Montreal-IDN-JPRS-to-ICANN.html wwtld.org]</ref>

In response to the JPRS request, the company was given the authority to deploy [[IDN|International Domain Names]] by ICANN, through its President and CEO Paul Twomey on June 30, 2003.<ref>[http://jprs.co.jp/doc/idn/idn-letter.html Letter from Paul Twomey]</ref>

In response to the JPRS request, the company was given the authority to deploy IDN by ICANN, through its President and CEO Paul Twomey on June 30, 2003.<ref>[http://jprs.co.jp/doc/idn/idn-letter.html Letter from Paul Twomey]</ref>

==JP Domain Name and General Use==

==JP Domain Name and General Use==