DOMAIN NAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Registrations for domain names are subject to Registry Policies, and ICANN related policies, procedures, and requirements. The Registry's policy documents (“Registry Policies”) can be found on the Registry Operator's website (“Registry Website”) at http://nic.osaka.

Without limiting any other agreement or policy, by registering a domain name in the .OSAKA Top-Level Domain, Registrant represents and warrants that:

1. Registrant has the authority to make register the domain;
2. Registrant meets Nexus Requirement (Eligibility Requirements);
3. Registrant has provided current, complete, and accurate information in connection with your Registration, and will correct and update information to ensure that it remains current, complete, and accurate throughout the term of any resulting registration or reservation;
4. any information the Registrant may have provided to the TMCH Sunrise and Claims Operator is true and correct;
5. where the domain registration relates to a Sunrise Period, to the best of the Applicant's knowledge the requested label is a Trademark Match to the Validated Mark;
6. Registrant understands and acknowledges the act of submitting an application for a domain name in no way guarantees that domain name will be allocated;
7. Registrant acknowledges and agrees to abide by all Registry Policies set forth on the Registry's website located at http://nic.osaka;
8. Registrant will not use that registration for any illegal purposes, including without limitation, to:
   • Distribute malware or engage in malicious hacking, bot-nets, pharming, phishing, fast flux hosting, or other fraudulent or deceptive practices;
   • Use, promote, encourage the promotion of, or distribute child abuse images or engage in the exploitation of minors in any way;
   • Infringe the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity including, without limitation, counterfeiting, piracy or trademark or copyright infringement;
   • Impersonate any person or entity, or submit information on behalf of any other person or entity, without their express prior written consent;
   • Violate the privacy or publicity rights of any other person or entity;
   • Interfere with the operation of .Osaka or services offered by Registry.

By registering a domain name under .OSAKA, the Registrant agrees:

1. to be subject to this Policy and any other Policy issued by Registry, and acknowledge that any domain name may be subject to a dispute resolution process; the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension Service (URS) and that the outcome of such process may result in the domain name registration being transferred to another entity, being suspended or cancelled;
2. that the Registry reserves the right, with notice to the Registrar within 24 hours, to deny any Registration, or cancel, lock, place on hold, transfer or delete any domain name that it deems necessary, in its sole discretion:
   • to protect the integrity and stability of registry services;
   • to comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, requests of law enforcement, or in compliance with any dispute resolution policies or process;
   • to avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on the Registry’s part, as well as our affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees and subcontractors;
   • to comply with all Registry Policies listed on Registry’s website at http://nic.osaka;
   • to correct mistakes made by the Registry Operator, or any Registrar, or any of its service providers in connection with an Application or a domain name.
   • to indemnify and keep the Registry (including employees, agents and subcontractors) fully indemnified from and against all suits, actions, claims, demands, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses that may be made or brought against or suffered or incurred by the Registry arising out of or in connection in any way with a breach of any policy or agreement with the Registry Operator.

The Osaka Top-Level Domain (TLD) is a new Internet extension developed as a utility for the Osaka Community (the Osaka Prefectural area of Japan.)

The Registry intends to operate a TLD that can be used broadly by individuals, organizations and businesses to create easily identifiable websites for sharing information, collaborating in local communities and forums, promoting goods and services and other innovative platforms. Osaka is a community driven project, and therefore all Registrants (domain name holders) are subject to a Nexus Requirement.

Eligible Registrants include, but are not limited to:

1. Osaka municipalities and local governments
2. Public and private institutions in Osaka Area
3. Organizations, companies, and other businesses/entities in Osaka
4. Residents of Osaka
5. Others who have a legitimate purpose for registering and using a “.osaka” domain

To register and renew a .OSAKA domain name, Registrant must be an individual or legal entity with a bona fide presence in the Osaka area of Japan at the time of registration and thereafter; in other words, registrants must ensure they remain in compliance with the Nexus Requirement at all times. Registrants must be able to prove that one or more of the criteria set forth above are satisfied.

A Registrant will certify that agreeing to these Terms and Conditions when registering a domain name via an Accredited Registrar satisfies eligibility requirements.

An Application for a domain name in the TLD must be made through an ICANN Accredited Registrar and is subject to the Eligibility Requirements of the TLD.

Domain names in all launch phases will be allocated using the First Come, First Served (FCFS) award method (specific details regarding the Sunrise and Priority Registration Period are outlined in each respective Policy).

Applicants must supply all necessary information regarding a domain name that may be required by the Registry, as described in these policies or any other applicable policy of the Registry or ICANN.

Successful Applicants must enter into an agreement for the domain name with their Registrar.

A domain name that will be accepted as valid for registration is one that:

1. has not already registered
2. is not subject to an Application that is being currently processed by the auction provider
3. has not been blocked, reserved, or restricted
4. meets the technical requirements below

Names in the .OSAKA TLD will be registered at the second level in the following format:

1. example.osaka

• The string (the portion labeled example above) must contain a minimum of two characters from the letters a-z in the standard US ASCII character set. Domain names may include the numbers 0 (zero) through 9 (nine) as well as a hyphen. (-).
• The string may not begin with a hyphen (-)
• The string may not contain a hyphen in both the 3rd and 4th positions unless it is a valid Internationalized Domain Name
• The string may be a maximum of 63 characters in length

* Upper and lowercase characters are treated as identical.

Registry, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to reserve certain domain names that will be made available for registration, during any specified Launch Program and or during General Availability. Such domain names may be subject to a premium registration fee that is independent to any fee paid at auction, and may be released at a later date as determined by the Registry.

The Registry may make use of an auction mechanism to allocate certain premium domain names or one or two character domain names as they are made available. In case of disputes concerning an auction the Registry will follow an Auction Dispute Policy which will be added to Registry website in the event that an Auction is initiated.

Domain names can be registered for one (1) year to ten (10) years as long as the total number of registration years does not exceed ten (10) years.

1. The domain name will not be used for distributing malware, abusively operating botnets, phishing, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement, fraudulent or deceptive practices, counterfeiting or otherwise engaging in activity contrary to applicable law, and providing (consistent with applicable law and any related procedures) consequences for such activities including suspension or deletion of the domain name registration.
2. The registrant will not use the domain to display pornographic, vulgar, or highly objectionable content. Registry maintains the rights to monitor and remove domains which contain such content.
3. Selling subdomains under the .osaka TLD is not permitted.
4. Use of the following subdomains, variations of the subdomains, or any other subdomains that suggest affiliation with a government institution, organization, or authority, whether for personal, professional, commercial use, or otherwise, is strictly prohibited, save that the organization using the subdomain has rights to do so and has received explicit permission from Registry. (Example: city.example.osaka, where “city” refers to the subdomain to the domain name example.osaka).

   Prohibited Subdomains:
   pref, city, town, vill, vil, vlg, ward, wards, metro, governor, mayor, ken, fu, ku, to, shi, machi, cho, mura, gun, fuchou, fuchiji, shichou, 県, 府, 区, 都, 市, 町, 村, 郡, 府庁, 府知事, 市長

5. Registration of terms contained on the “Prohibited Terms List” or any other variations of domain registrations consisting the terms on the list are strictly prohibited, save that the organization using the domain has rights to do so and has received explicit permission from Registry. The Prohibited Terms List can be downloaded here.

This document is subject to changes and or updates from time to time as Registry sees fit. Any and all changes or updates to this policy will be in effect at the time they are published on the Registry Website. This policy has been prepared in in the English language; however, it may be translated in Japanese or other languages the Registry sees fit. In the event of any inconsistency, the English language version shall apply.