.OKINAWA Top-Level Domain

City of Okinawa - Japan - will apply for its own domain name extension using partner GMO Registry.

GMO Registry will be applying for a certain number of Japanese city names such as:

• Tokyo;
• Okinawa;
• Osaka and
• Ryukyu.

Check Registries.tel for competing applications.

.OSAKA Top-Level Domain

According to a post from Kevin Murphy, the prefecture of Osaka - Japan will apply for its new generic Top-Level Domain through GMO Registry:

• Read article here;
• Press release here (in Japanese);
GMO registry receives letter of support from Osaka Prefectural Government to operate new generic Top Level Domain .osaka, read more here.