ccNSO Application

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                        Application for Membership
          Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)

To:	ccNSO Membership
	c/o ICANN Secretary
Date:	3 September 2003
Regarding: ccNSO Membership
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With this letter, I declare that Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. is the
ccTLD manager
(as defined in the ICANN bylaws, Article IX(4)(1)*) for the .jp
domain, and that I am authorized to sign this application for membership
to the ccNSO on behalf of Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd.. 

Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd. hereby recognizes the role of the ccNSO
within the ICANN
structure, and agrees, for the duration of its membership in the ccNSO
to:

    (a) adhere to rules of the ccNSO, including membership rules;
    (b) adhere to ICANN bylaws as they apply to ccTLDS (Article XI 
        and Annexes B and C of the ICANN bylaws found at 
        http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm); and
    (c) pay ccNSO membership fees established by the ccNSO Council.

Membership in the ccNSO is independent of any individual relationship a
ccTLD manager has with ICANN or the ccTLD manager's receipt of IANA
services.  (Article XI(4)(3)). 

Sincerely,
Hiro Hotta

Name of ccTLD Manager: Japan Registry Service Co., Ltd.
Contact Address: 
Fuundo Building 3F, 1-2 Kanda-Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan


Telephone Number: +81 3 5297 2571
E-Mail: higashida@xxxxxxxxxx

Secondary contact information:
    Designated ccNSO representative for ccTLD (if different from above)

Name: Hiro Hotta
Contact Address: 
Fuundo Building 3F, 1-2 Kanda-Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan
Telephone Number: +81 3 5297 2571
E-Mail: hotta@xxxxxxxxxx

*DEFINITION: For the purposes of membership of the ccNSO a ccTLD manager
is defined as the organization or entity responsible for managing an ISO
3166 country-code top-level domain and referred to in the IANA database
under the current heading of "Sponsoring Organization" (or any later
variant) for that country-code top-level domain.  (ICANN Bylaws Article
IX(4)(1)).