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  NOTE:
  JPNIC WHOIS server does not provide query service for domain name
  related information. Please access following whois services for .JP
  domain name related queries.
 
  JPRS WHOIS  https://whois.jprs.jp/ (whois.jprs.jp)
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1. JPNIC WHOIS database includes the following type of information 
   under JPNIC management:

        TYPE            Description
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        NET             Network Information
        AS              Autonomous System Information
        PERSON          Personal Information
        GROUP           Group Information

2. How to query the database:

        STRING          Broad search over the all information types
        e.g.)
        IP address: whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp 

192.168.0.0
                    whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp  2001:db8::
        ASN       : whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp  AS 2515
        PERSON    : whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp  XX9999JP
        GROUP     : whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp  JP11111111

To restrict the search to a certain type of information:

        TYPE STRING     See above for types of information
        e.g.)
        whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp "NET 192.168.0.1"

To obtain related information:

        ^STRING         Displays the information that refers the STRING
        e.g.)
        whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp ^XX9999JP

        The above case displays Person Information with the NIC handle and a list
        of Network Information and ASN information which refer to the handle

3. Use of the information you obtain from JPNIC WHOIS is
   restricted to a purely network operations purpose.