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The '''Japan Network Information Center''' (JPNIC) is the [[National Internet Registry]] in [[Japan]] that manages several aspects of Internet operations, including the allocation of [[IP address]]es and [[AS number]]s.  

Historically, JPNIC managed the [[.jp]] [[top-level domain]]; on 2003-06-30 the management of the .jp domain was transferred to the [[Japan Registry Service]].

JPNIC is a non-profit organization, made up of many members of the Japanese Internet community that have a stake in the internet in Japan.  As such, JPNIC provides information, research, and education services to its members, and to the Internet community at large.

==External links==
* [http://www.nic.ad.jp/ JPNIC website]

[[Category:Internet in Japan]]