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|status = Contract Signed

|status = Delegated

|manager  = Yokohama City

|manager  = Yokohama City

|country  = Japan

|country  = Japan

|keypeople  = [[Masatoshi Kumagai]], CEO of GMO Registry

|keypeople  = [[Masatoshi Kumagai]], CEO of GMO Registry

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'''.yokohama''' is a proposed [[GeoTLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]]. Yokohama City selected [[GMO Registry]] to serve as the registry operator of the .yokohama string after evaluating the company's business plan to develop the TLD in accordance with relevant laws, registration and operational policy, service, content, and vision. GMO Registry was responsible for preparing and submitting the application for TLD with ICANN as well as run the eventual registry and develop a marketing strategy to establish the .yokohama brand locally and internationally. <ref>[http://domainincite.com/gmo-to-apply-for-yokohama/ GMO to apply for .yokohama]</ref> <ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/3/prweb9273937.htm GMO Registry Receives Letter of Support from City of Yokohama to Operate New Generic Top Level Domain, .yokohama]</ref>

'''.yokohama''' is a proposed [[GeoTLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]]. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 03 April 2014.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings, ICANN.org] Retrieved 15 April 2014</ref>

 

Yokohama City selected [[GMO Registry]] to serve as the registry operator of the .yokohama string after evaluating the company's business plan to develop the TLD in accordance with relevant laws, registration and operational policy, service, content, and vision. GMO Registry was responsible for preparing and submitting the application for TLD with ICANN as well as run the eventual registry and develop a marketing strategy to establish the .yokohama brand locally and internationally. <ref>[http://domainincite.com/gmo-to-apply-for-yokohama/ GMO to apply for .yokohama]</ref> <ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/3/prweb9273937.htm GMO Registry Receives Letter of Support from City of Yokohama to Operate New Generic Top Level Domain, .yokohama]</ref>

GMO Registry is based in Tokyo, Japan and it is a subsidiary of [[GMO Internet|GMO Internet Group]]. The company was established in 2009 to provide registry services and marketing solutions for entities interested in managing new [[gTLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.gmo-registry.com/en/company/ Corporate Information]</ref>

GMO Registry is based in Tokyo, Japan and it is a subsidiary of [[GMO Internet|GMO Internet Group]]. The company was established in 2009 to provide registry services and marketing solutions for entities interested in managing new [[gTLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.gmo-registry.com/en/company/ Corporate Information]</ref>

==Contract Signed==

==Contract Signed==

On 12 December 2013 [[GMO Registry]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .yokohama after passing all the required processes needed to become a [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/15299-ten-more-new-gtlds-get-icann-contracts Ten More New gTLDs Get ICANN Contracts, DomainIncite] Retrieved 13 Dec 2013</ref>

On 12 December 2013 [[GMO Registry]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .yokohama after passing all the required processes needed to become a [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/15299-ten-more-new-gtlds-get-icann-contracts Ten More New gTLDs Get ICANN Contracts, DomainIncite] Retrieved 13 Dec 2013</ref>

==References==

==References==