Vanguard Japan Government Bond Index Fund

An Index-Related Fund
31 March 2012

Investment objective

The fund seeks to provide returns consistent with the performance of the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Japan Government Float Adjusted Bond Index, a market-weighted index of investment-grade fixed income securities issued by the Japanese government or government-related agencies.

Total expense ratio

Investor Shares Administrative and other expenses Investment management expenses Total expense ratio Preset dilution levy on subscriptions Preset dilution levy on redemptions 0.16% 0.14 0.30% 0.10% 0.00% Institutional Shares 0.06% 0.14 0.20% 0.10% 0.00%

Investment strategy

The fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the index. This market-weighted index is designed to reflect the total universe of Japanese yen-denominated treasury and Japan government-related securities with maturities greater than one year.

Fund facts
Investor Shares Inception date USD JPY Fund codes (USD) Bloomberg ISIN Sedol Valoren Vanguard Fund Code Fund codes (JPY) Bloomberg ISIN Sedol Vanguard Fund Code Minimum initial investment USD/JPY** Domicile Ireland Trading frequency Daily T-1 (16.00 Irish time cutoff) Total assets USD (million) 140 EUR (million) 105 100,000 Currencies USD,JPY Settlement T+3 Structure UCITS 500,000 30 December 2005 21 March 2007 VANJGBU IE0032915336 3291533 1870395 VJGVU IE0032915583 3291558 VJGVJ Institutional Shares 11 October 2007 VANJINJ IE0033005699 3300569 VJGIJ

Fund returns*
Vanguard Japan Government Bond Index FundUSD
Investor Shares
Net of expenses -1.62% -6.31 -6.31 3.50 8.25 9.63 7.70 Gross of expenses -1.59% -6.24 -6.24 3.81 8.57 9.96 8.03

Spliced Barclays Capital Global Aggregate JPY Gov

Investor Shares -1.60% -6.25 -6.25 3.78 8.56 9.97 8.04

1 month 3 months Year to date 1 year 3 years 5 years Since inception

Vanguard Japan Government Bond Index FundJPY

Investor Shares
Net of expenses 0.03% 0.21 0.21 2.77 1.86 1.99 1.91 Gross of expenses 0.06% 0.29 0.29 3.08 2.16 2.29 2.22

Institutional Shares
Net of expenses 0.04% 0.24 0.24 2.87 1.96 2.27 Gross of expenses 0.06% 0.29 0.29 3.08 2.16 2.48

Spliced Barclays Capital Global Aggregate JPY Gov

Investor Shares 0.05% 0.28 0.28 3.05 2.16 2.31 2.23 Institutional Shares 0.05% 0.28 0.28 3.05 2.16 2.31 2.50

Investment manager
The Vanguard Group, Inc. Gregory Davis, CFA, Principal, Head of Bond Index Group Portfolio manager. Advised the fund since 2005. Yan Pu, CFA Portfolio manager. Advised the fund since 2010.

1 month 3 months Year to date 1 year 3 years 5 years Since inception

*Figures for periods of less than one year are cumulative returns. All other figures represent average annual returns. Performance figures include the reinvestment of all dividends and any capital gains distributions. The performance data does not take account of the commissions and costs incurred in the issue and redemption of shares. Basis of fund performance NAV to NAV with gross income reinvested. Basis of index performance is total return. **Or Yen equivalent of $100,000 for initial investment. Or Yen equivalent of $500,000 for initial investment. Spliced Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Japan Government Float Adjusted Bond Index: The benchmark for this portfolio was Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Japan Government Bond Index through 30 June, 2010 and Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Japan Government Float Adjusted Bond Index thereafter.

This document is directed at investment professionals and should not be distributed to or relied upon by retail investors.

Vanguard Japan Government Bond Index Fund

An Index-Related Fund
Quarterly fund commentary as at 31 March 2012
Japanese government bonds retreated in the first quarter, as reflected in the US dollar-denominated Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Japan Government Float Adjusted Bond Index (6.25%). The US dollar gained 6.1% against the Japanese yen, which hurt the indexs performance for US dollar-based investors. Vanguard Japan Government Bond Index Fund closely tracked its benchmark index for the period. In February, the Bank of Japan said that it would seek to keep its primary interest rate at 0% to 0.1%. The central bank also said that the pace of recovery for the world economy was slowing, and that, alongside the yens appreciation, affected exports from Japan. Yields on the Japan sovereign yield curve fell for shorter maturities and rose for longer maturities. Yields of 5-year bonds fell 3 basis points, and yields of 10-year bonds rose 1 basis point. For the 12 months ended 31 March, the index returned 3.78%, as the Japanese yen strengthened 1.0% against the dollar. Yields fell across the curve from year-ago levels. Japanese government bonds, which accounted for 91% of the index at the periods end, were up 3.98%. Agency obligations, which constituted about 6% of the index, returned 3.19%. Local government obligations, which accounted for 3% of the index, returned 3.56%. The fund slightly trailed the index, largely because of expenses and sampling. All returns are based in US dollars.

Distribution by maturity
Japan Government Bond Index
Less than 5 years 5 to less than 10 years More than 10 years Total 44.6% 30.0 25.4 100.0%

Volatility
R-Squared
Investor Shares 1.00

Beta
1.00

R-squared and beta are calculated from trailing 36-month fund returns relative to the Spliced Barclays Capital Global Aggregate JPY Gov.

Fund characteristics
Japan Government Bond Index
Number of bonds Effective YTM Average coupon Average maturity Average quality Average duration Cash investment 245 0.70% 1.6% 8.7 years AA 7.5 years 0.3%

Spliced Barclays Capital Global Aggregate JPY Govt Flt Adj Idx in USD
981 0.70% 1.4% 8.6 years AA 7.5 years

Distribution by issuer
Japan Government Bond Index Government
Government Agency Local Government Total 100.0% 90.3 6.6 3.1 100.0%

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