.tokyo
| Status: | Delegated |
| country: | Japan |
| Manager: | Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
| Registry Provider: | GMO Registry |
| Type: | GeoTLD |
| Category: | Culture |
| Priority #: | 199 |
.tokyo is a new GeoTLD proposed by GMO Registry, Inc., a subsidiary company of GMO Internet Group, dedicated to providing domain registry management services for new gTLDs. Their application is supported by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the company is doing a number of Japanese GeoTLDs.[1] [2] The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the Root Zone on 29 January 2014.[3]
Contract Signed
On 13 November 2013, GMO Registry received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .tokyo after passing all the required processes needed to become a Registry Operator for the string.[4]
Delegation and Availability
.tokyo was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on January 29, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[3]
References
- ↑ Domains with .tokyo could be available next year
- ↑ Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announces Support for .tokyo TLD
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Delegated Strings, ICANN.org Retrieved 29 Jan 2014
- ↑ Registry Agreements, ICANN.org Retrieved 15 Nov 2013