http://jidnc.jp/?p=690
After reading a bit more I went to the homepage of the Japan Internet Domain Name Council.
I read a post that states the deadline for the application was the 16th & after looking again & noticed it showed the number of applicants.
応募者数 ： １社
Number of Applicants: 1 Company
I thought I read it wrong or something. This is great hopefully they quickly launch & give me my
ダイヤモンド.日本 (Diamond)
格安旅行.日本 (Cheap Travel)
格安ホテル.日本 (Cheap Hotels)
& I thought this day sucked.
*** Update after thinking about it. If only one company applied the company that everyone else thought would get it anyway. Then why did they make us wait this long? They could have just cut to the chase.
Let’s see who’s domains become examples for dot Nihon. I might try to pretty a few up.
The idn .jp aftermarket is still lower than .com ;-(
I have over one hundred .jp and many are premium
There are dot jp sales going on. Most are in non IDN right now though (in Japan). Looking through the whois as much as I did I also knew mainly who owned what & lots of IDN.jps have changed hands. They're just not reported. I'm not a big seller so I don't really posts about sales.