Who can register a .jp domain?
Registration starts at $90.66 and renewal at $90.66 a year.
Who may register
Registrant must have a postal address in Japan.
What it costs
| Registration | $90.66 / year |
|---|---|
| Renewal | $90.66 / year |
| Transfer | $90.66 |
| Smallest possible first bill | $90.66 |
Standard price from INWX. Premium and reserved names return the same registry answer as an ordinary free one, so every quote here is a floor rather than a price.
Source
Read from the registry's own policy page: https://jprs.jp/en/jpdomain.html. Read on 2026-07-29.
Is a .jp name free?
Availability comes from the registry itself over RDAP, with a WHOIS fallback where a registry publishes no RDAP service. A throttled or unreachable registry is reported as unconfirmed rather than available. It is the one wrong answer that costs somebody money.
You can check from a terminal or from an assistant instead:
curl https://dotsweep.com/check/yourname.jp