[At-Large] new IDN ccTLD satus in Japan - dot Nihon (.日本)

[Izumi AIZU]

Hi all, I just arrived at Sydney this morning, 7 am and started to attend
ICANN meeting from 9 am.

After I left ALAC, I got more time to spend on ICANN policy issues at home,
especially on the subject of IDN ccTLD, became member of subcommittee
of panel of experts hosted by the Ministry of Communications since Nov 08.

We just finished the final draft recommendation to open up the bidding process
for new the IND ccTLD registry, to setup a neutral council for the selection.
This will be finalized by the formal ministerial process, and be confirmed by
the Minister, the first time for any Internet resources to be decided
by this level
in Japan.

The real task ahead is to organize a new body that satisfies all the
stakeholders,
set up an open, fair, and transparent process that first select the
new registry,
but also will work on the oversight of the new registry for the years to come.

Here attached is the presentation slide MIC just created and sent to me
to be shared.

It turns out that we may have to creat a mini-ICANN like process in Japan,
for domain name policy matters. A long way, but important.

izumi
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