January 6, 2000
                                         Japan Network Information Center


     Publication of document for IPv6 sub-TLA address allocation


As noted before, starting from January 20 JPNIC will begin providing a
new service in which JPNIC will accept applications for allocation of
IPv6 sub-TLA addresses and relay all such applications to APNIC. In
accordance with the beginning of this new service, a document on the
procedures to be followed in submitting applications have been made
available at the following URL.

http://www.nic.ad.jp/jp/regist/ipv6/doc/ipv6stla-process.html
ftp://ftp.nic.ad.jp/jpnic/ipaddress/ipv6stla-process.txt

Please read the above document together with the policy document
listed below when submitting applications for sub-TLA addresses.

'Provisional IPv6 assignment and allocation policy document'

Original RIR document
http://www.apnic.net/drafts/ipv6/ipv6-policy-280599.html

JPNIC Japanese translation of the above document
http://www.nic.ad.jp/jp/internet/doc-j/ipv6/v6-rir-policy.html

Please note that work is currently in progress on the creation of a
Web interface for the processing of applications and that we apologize
for any delays which might occur before applications may be accepted
over the Web.

Information on IPv6 and the procedures for submitting applications is
available at the following URL. Also note that new information on IPv6
will be added as it becomes available.

http://www.nic.ad.jp/jp/regist/ipv6/index.html