comment on the three-character requirement

[Satoru Yanagishima <vyanagi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear sir,

I'd like to comment on the three-character requirement.
(page 2-10 of Module 2 of the Draft Applicant Guidebook V2)

I think it is not appropriate to apply 
three-character requirement to the new IDN gTLD applications,
especially geographical names.

For example, 
there are about 1,800 cities (include towns and villages) in Japan,
and more than 3 quarters of the city names are 
composed of one or two Kanji (or Japanese) character(s).

Therefore, ICANN should accept 
less-than-three-character IDN gTLD applications,
especially geographical names.

Best regards,

Satoru Yanagishima
Japan