What is .nissay?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .nissay names for sale at any registrar.
.nissay entered the DNS root zone on March 30, 2016, 10 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
On the technical side, .nissay is served by 6 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .nissay, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.nissay).
.nissay FAQ
What country is .nissay?
None. .nissay is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .nissay domain extension?
Nippon Life Insurance Company operates .nissay as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .nissay created?
.nissay was delegated to the DNS root zone on March 30, 2016.
Is .nissay a valid domain?
Yes. .nissay is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .nissay addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .nissay domain?
No. .nissay is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Nippon Life Insurance Company.
Is .nissay DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .nissay.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed December 8, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
