It coudn't lookup IPv4 address of 43.0.0.0/8 to answers "No match".
The cause is that the ipv4 address block of 43.0.0.0/8 ransfered from JPNIC to APNIC at March 2020.
By Changing whois host of 43.0.0.0/8 from JPNIC(whois.nic.ad.jp) to APNIC(whois.apnic.net), it fixed this lookup answer.
Actual behavior
Whois.whois("43.0.0.1")
[ JPNIC database provides information regarding IP address and ASN. Its use ]
[ is restricted to network administration purposes. For further information, ]
[ use 'whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp help'. To only display English output, ]
[ add '/e' at the end of command, e.g. 'whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp xxx/e'. ]
It coudn't lookup IPv4 address of 43.0.0.0/8 to answers "No match". The cause is that the ipv4 address block of 43.0.0.0/8 ransfered from JPNIC to APNIC at March 2020.
By Changing whois host of 43.0.0.0/8 from JPNIC(whois.nic.ad.jp) to APNIC(whois.apnic.net), it fixed this lookup answer.
Actual behavior
No match!!
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% Information related to '43.0.0.0 - 43.63.255.255'
% Abuse contact for '43.0.0.0 - 43.63.255.255' is 'anti-spam@list.alibaba-inc.com'
inetnum: 43.0.0.0 - 43.63.255.255 netname: ALIBABA_CLOUD descr: Aliyun Computing Co.LTD country: CN admin-c: ASEP1-AP tech-c: ASEP1-AP status: ALLOCATED NON-PORTABLE mnt-by: MAINT-ASEPL-SG mnt-irt: IRT-ASEPL-SG last-modified: 2020-08-04T01:57:32Z source: APNIC
irt: IRT-ASEPL-SG address: 1 Raffles Place # 59-00 One Raffles Place, Tower One Singapore, Singapore e-mail: anti-spam@list.alibaba-inc.com abuse-mailbox: anti-spam@list.alibaba-inc.com admin-c: ASEP1-AP tech-c: ASEP1-AP auth: # Filtered remarks: anti-spam@list.alibaba-inc.com was validated on 2020-10-12 mnt-by: MAINT-ASEPL-SG last-modified: 2020-10-12T07:53:58Z source: APNIC
role: Alibabacom Singapore E-Commerce Private Limited a address: 1 Raffles Place #59-00 One Raffles Place, Tower One Singapore, Singapore country: SG phone: +86-571-85022088 fax-no: +86-571-85022088 e-mail: anti-spam@list.alibaba-inc.com admin-c: ASEP1-AP tech-c: ASEP1-AP nic-hdl: ASEP1-AP mnt-by: MAINT-ASEPL-SG last-modified: 2015-12-10T01:04:19Z source: APNIC
% This query was served by the APNIC Whois Service version 1.88.15-SNAPSHOT (WHOIS-JP3)