Starting today, you can register a domain name in Japanese script

Google announced today that Internet users can now register .みんな domain names. .みんな (pronounces mee-n-nuh) translates to “everybody” .

Google applied for more than 90 new gTLDs ,including .Youtube, .Gmail, .Foo, .PHD, .FREE and .Boo.The Internet giant registered also domain names in non-Roman scripts, such as  .谷歌 , which means Google in Chinese.

Google said on the page introducing the original project :

“.EDU has always meant education, .GOV government, .ORG non-profits. Today’s new domains are infinitely more open-ended. There will be new homes for creativity, for business, for explorers, comedians and professionals. What will .HOW mean? .EAT? .SOY? We have our ideas, but how you develop your piece of this online real estate is up to you. Whether you’re a dad or a traveler, a developer or a movie maker, a Japanese speaker or a tour guide, the web, happily, is what you make of it.

We hope that .みんな will make it easier for Japanese people and companies to create more recognizable website names that better suit their businesses or personalities and are easier to understand and remember in Japanese.“みんな” means “everyone” in Japanese and suggests multiple people doing things together.

Our vision is for .みんな to be a collaborative space, where folks can build online communities — something along the lines of “Cook, everybody!” or “Run, everybody!” But that’s just a thought. We can’t wait to see what new ideas the new domain will help make possible.”