{...........}

Then, perform a specific query for that nic-handle 'YO020JP', ie: $ whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp YO020JP/e

a. [JPNIC Handle] YO020JP c. [Last, First] Oishi, Yuichi d. [E-Mail] oishi@allnet.ad.jp g. [Organization] TITUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(etc).

The RIPE-style databases (RIPE, APNIC etc) provide you with the referenced nic-handles (if available) as part of the output, as seperate database objects.

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