Bogleheads Japan - New Forum

[TokyoBoglehead]

It looks Like the Japanese Bogleheads forum was just established.

https://www.bogleheads.jp/phpBB/

When they started the chapter last year they said it all martials and events would be mostly in Japanese to start.

[RetireJapan]

Looks good!

Looking forward to some non-medical content

[Roger Van Zant]

I think I'm out of the loop....
What is this new forum all about?
Is it just a Japanese language version of Retire Japan?

[TokyoBoglehead]

I think I'm out of the loop....
What is this new forum all about?
Is it just a Japanese language version of Retire Japan?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Bogle

This man popularized index funds, and headed the Vanguard group which brought low-cost index fund investing to the masses.

Those that followed his investing style started on the old Morningstar forum, then moved to their own Php board. They are incredibly active still, much more than this forum.

https://www.bogleheads.org/

The name is an obvious play on his last name, and the popular toys/figures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobblehead

Japanese language speakers have no such home, so a few bloggers decided to create a home for Japanese Boglehead/passive investors.

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I imagine Japanese language speakers would be 100% welcome here, but perhaps it was all a bit too intimidating.

[beanhead]

Those that followed his investing style started on the old Morningstar forum, then moved to their own Php board. They are incredibly active still, much more than this forum.

True, but as you said bogleheads has been around for years.
Also, this forum is very much a niche.
The non-USA part of the bogleheads forum is pretty dead, actually. Maybe 90% (?) of the content is US-focused.

[TokyoBoglehead]

Those that followed his investing style started on the old Morningstar forum, then moved to their own Php board. They are incredibly active still, much more than this forum.

True, but as you said bogleheads has been around for years.
Also, this forum is very much a niche.
The non-USA part of the bogleheads forum is pretty dead, actually. Maybe 90% (?) of the content is US-focused.

They have a separate Canadian board, and such, but yes very US focused.

Famously Bogle believed VTI/VOO were enough, and like Buffett did not recommend internationals. But, at least Bogle was open to challenges on this front