| 1991.12.1 |
JNIC established office in the University of Tokyo Computer Center. |
| Implemented "Concerning Registration of JP Domain Names" document. |
| 1992.6.8 |
IP address assignment and management services transferred to JNIC from Address Coordination Committee. |
| 1993.4.9 |
JNIC reorganized as JPNIC, a membership organization composed of
Internet service providers. |
| 1993.5.29 |
First meeting of Steering Committee held. |
| 1993.9.1 |
APNIC pilot project launched. |
| 1993.11.1 |
Pilot project for IP address agent services by JPNIC member ISPs begun. |
| 1993.12.1 |
Geographic type domain name experimental project begun. |
| 1993.12.16 |
JPNIC delegated by InterNIC to manage reverse DNS name server for
JPNIC-assigned address blocks. |
| 1994.4.15 |
First issue of "JPNIC Newsletter" published. |
| 1994.7.20 |
Started JPNIC Web information provision service. |
| 1995.6.1 |
Application fees for IP addresses and JP domain names introduced. |
| 1995.7.1 |
Introduced fee schedule for IP address assignment by agent ISPs. |
| 1995.9.1 |
Pilot project for sub-allocation (IP address assignments smaller
than Class C) begun. |
| 1995.12.15 |
Office moved to Kanda-Surugadai (Mansui Bldg.). |
| 1996.4.1 |
Full-scale operations for geographic type domain names begun. |
| 1996.7.31 |
Number of JP domain name registrations exceeded 10,000. |
| 1996.11.6 |
NE domain name introduced for network service providers. |
| 1996.12.10 |
Abolished "third level uniqueness rule" for JP domain names. |
| Assignment of domain names that start with a number begun. |
| 1997.3.31 |
Received official government recognition as non-profit organization. |
| 1997.8.7 |
AS number assignment services transferred to JPNIC from JEPG/IP;
operations begun. |
| 1997.11.7 |
Meeting titled "New Developments in the Domain Name System - An Opportunity to Meet Members of the
Interim Policy Oversight Committee (iPOC) to Discuss Policy and Legal Aspects of the New Top Level Domains"
held. |
| 1997.12.1 |
GR domain introduced for non-corporate entities. |
| 1997.12.16-19 |
First "Internet Week" convened. |
| 1998.2.6-8 |
Office moved to Kanda-Ogawamachi (Fuundo Bldg.). |
| 1998.3.1 |
"Rules for JP domain name registration" took effect. |
| 1999.2.1 |
ED domain name, for educational institutions, introduced. |
| 1999.4.30 |
Began work in earnest on the Internationalized Domain Name
project. |
| 1999.5.26 |
Formally announced full commitment to IPv6. |
| 1999.9.28 |
Number of JP domain name registrations exceeded 100,000. |
| 1999.12.14-18 |
"The Third Internet Week" held, of which JPNIC became the
primary sponsor. |
| 2000.1.20 |
Agent Services for IPv6 Sub-TLA applications to APNIC begun. |
| 2000.7.13 |
Distribution of beta version of Multilingual Domain Name
evaluation kit (mDNkit) begun. |
| 2000.7.13-17 |
Hosted ICANN Yokohama Meeting. |
| 2000.7.18-21 |
INET2000 held, with JPNIC as major sponsor. |
| 2000.8.22 |
Entered into agreement with the Industrial Property Arbitration Center (now the Japan Intellectual
Property Arbitration Center) to be a JP domain name dispute resolution service provider. |
| 2000.10.19 |
"JP Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy" took effect |
| 2000.12.26 |
Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. (JPRS) established. |
| 2001.2.22 |
Registration of general use JP domain names begun. |
| 2001.4.1 |
New membership structure introduced. |
| IP Address Management Agent system introduced. |
| 2001.7.25 |
First meeting of the Policy Advisory Council, successor to the Steering Committee, held. |
| 2001.9.14 |
"JPNIC News & Views," a new mail magazine, introduced. |
| 2001.9.22-24 |
Office moved to Uchi-Kanda (Kokusai-Kougyou-Kanda Bldg.) |
| 2001.10.23 |
First ICANN Reporting Session held. |
| 2001.12.6 |
First JPNIC Open Policy Meeting held. |
| 2002.2.27 |
JPRS and ICANN entered into ".JP ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement." |
| 2002.4.1 |
JP domain name registration and management functions transferred to
JPRS. |
| Activities relating to Internet security commenced. |
| 2002.6.3 |
Awarded MPHPT Minister's Award for "Info-Communications Promotion Month 2002." |
| 2002.7.1 |
New IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy implemented.
JPIRR trial services begin. |
| 2002.8.23 |
JPIRR trial services begun. |
| 2002.9.3-6 |
Acted as local host of the 14th APNIC Open Policy Meeting. |
| 2002.10.18 |
Logo mark for JPNIC members created. |
| 2002.12.13 |
"Next Generation Task Force" created. |
| 2003.1.1 |
Number of JP domain name registrations exceeded 500,000. |
| 2003.4.23 |
First Hostmaster Consultation Session held. |
| 2003.5.12 |
Pages for use of members created within the JPNIC Web. |
| 2003.5.23 |
Report issued by The ENUM Study Group, the secretariat of which
was supported by JPNIC. |
| 2003.7.7 |
First JPNIC,JPCERT/CC Security Seminar 2003 held. |
| 2003.9.17 |
Inauguration of "ENUM Trial Japan," the secretariat of which was
jointly supported by JPNIC and JPRS. |
| 2004.3.19 |
Launched provider independent address assignment service. |
| 2004.5.12 |
First debriefing meeting of ENUM Trial Japan held. |
| 2004.7.1 |
JP domain name registry data escrow transferred to tripartite system. |
| 2004.8.18 |
IP address fee structure revised. |
| 2004.8.20 |
Internet Governance Task Force (IGTF) established. |
| 2004.11.15 |
New resource management system launched. |
| 2004.12.1 |
"VoIP/SIP System Interoperability Task Force" established. (Joint secretariat: JPNIC/MRI) |
| 2005.1.26 |
First IGTF Reporting Session held. |
| 2005.2.18-25 |
Served as a local host of APRICOT 2005. |
| 2005.3.22 |
Separated WHOIS system from JPRS (.jp registry). |
| 2005.5.16 |
Localized IPv6 address resource service. |
| 2005.6.17 |
Shigeki Goto succeeded Jun Murai as President of JPNIC. |
| 2005.8.5 |
Jun Murai, former president of JPNIC, received Jon Postel Award 2005. |
| 2005.9.1 |
Experimental authentication service using JPNIC resource service
CA (certification authority) in IP address services started. |
| 2005.10.20 |
JPNIC-JPCERT/CC Security Seminar 2005 held in Osaka. |
| 2005.11.8 |
JPNIC-JPCERT/CC Security Seminar 2005 held in Sapporo. |
| 2006.1.24 |
Implemented partial reduction of IPv6 allocation fee |
| 2006.1.25 |
Started Japan ENUM Trial using E.164 numbers beginning with Japanese country code 81. |
| Started route6 object registration in the JPIRR test service. |
| 2006.4.3 |
Released report on "Recommendations on preparing for IPv4 address depletion" |
| 2006.4.17-21 |
Hosted SIPit18 (18th SIP Interoperability Tests) held for first time in Japan. |
| 2006.4.27 |
Co-hosted the first session of IETF Forum Japan 2006. |
| 2006.8.1 |
Officially launched the JPIRR service |
| 2006.12.5-8 |
The 10th Internet Week held |