How come there is no Japanese local forum?

[icedicedavid]

Why isn't there a japanese section on bitcointalk?

[keatonatron]

Sadly, there aren't enough Japanese-only speakers to warrant a whole section!

If you're in Japan or just want to chat with Japanese-speaking bitcoiners, join the Tokyo Bitcoin Group on Facebook.

[icedicedavid]

Sadly, there aren't enough Japanese-only speakers to warrant a whole section!

If you're in Japan or just want to chat with Japanese-speaking bitcoiners, join the Tokyo Bitcoin Group on Facebook.

Japan has a huge population and Satoshi (might be japanese). I'm surprised there aren't many japanese people here, whereas german russian spanish and chinese sections are pretty big.

[Zangelbert Bingledack]

Not enough Japanese are interested in Bitcoin (yet). Quasi-mainstream awareness in Japan started about a month ago with the Gigazine article. If there's a giant bubble starting now, it could grow into a full-on craze, but otherwise it may take a while. When Japan does enter, it will enter BIG.

Hehe, もし日本語で討論などしたかったらこのスレでしようか？

[keatonatron]

Japan is very safe (no fear of break-ins), no large banks have defaulted recently [ever?] (no fear of losing your pension/savings), and Japanese people never need to move money outside Japan (bank transfers complete within an hour, and only cost $3).

All of the fears and needs that are driving interest in Bitcoin hardly exist in Japan, so no one has yet seen the need to explore it.