TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US25.3% cheaper in the US
Is MSI Claw 8 AI+ Handheld Gaming Console (Ultra 7 258V/32GB/1TB PCIe SSD/Windows 11/A2VM-002TW) cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$278.22 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in the US by US$278.22 (25.3%): Japan ¥209,800 ≈ US$1,377.22, the US US$1,099.00.
01 · Verdict
25.3% cheaper in the US- Japan list price
- ¥209,800incl. tax · price incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$1,377.22JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$1,099.00excl. tax · Current US retailer price · In stock
- cheaper in US
- US$278.2225.3% · US list price as denominator
US stickers exclude state and local tax; Japan stickers include tax. The bases differ, so this is not a landed cost.
Japanincl. tax、the USexcl. tax; where the tax basis differs, only the list prices are compared; a comparison of two named sources’ list prices, before card fees, shipping and tax refunds. Checked 2026-09-22. Before you order, use theJapan source page and the US source pagecurrent prices.
Japan vs US price table
| Market | List price | Source · checked | Tax basis · stock |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanprice incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) | ¥209,800 | Bic Camera ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USCurrent US retailer price | US$1,099.00 | B&H Photo Video ↗ | excl. taxIn stock |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$1,377.22 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in US | US$278.22 | 25.3%US list price as denominator | Extra fees not includedCard fee, shipping and tax-free extra |
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Is it worth buying in Japan?
Japan ¥209,800, Taiwan NT$35,999; both are same-day price snapshots taken when checked, excluding shipping, tax refunds, and card fees.
- With a 1.5% foreign card fee: Japan comes to about US$1,397.88, above the US by US$298.88.
- Break-even rate 0.0052 USD/JPY: above it the the US sticker is the cheaper one (this check used 0.0066, cross-converted from the Bank of Taiwan yen and dollar rates).
Before you buy
- Only paired when capacity, pack count, and main-unit/refill status match; differences in color, retailer, or stock do not affect the same-product determination.
- The Taiwan price is a retail-channel list price (which may be an authorized import, a parallel import, or a cross-border storefront), not the brand's official price.
- Price and stock follow the page on the day of verification.
05 · Sources
Each price keeps its source link, price kind, tax basis and check date, and is calculated with the TravPrice comparison method. If a price or model is wrong, check the source page and report it.
- Japan price
- Bic Camera ↗price incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) · incl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- B&H Photo Video ↗Current US retailer price · excl. tax · In stock · checked 2026-09-22
- FX
- Bank of Taiwan FX ↗Bank of Taiwan spot selling reference rate; the US dollar is cross-converted · JPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) · 2026-09-10 23:22:00 (Taiwan time)
- Model match
- Japan ranking listing: MSI portable gaming PC, Claw 8 AI+ A2VM, black & sandstorm, Claw-8-AI+A2VM-201JP [8.0-inch/Windows 11 Home/Intel Core Ultra 7/memory: 32GB/SSD: 1TB]/Taiwan product page: 8-inch, Ultra 7 258V, 32GB, 1TB SSD, Win 11 (Taiwan part number A2VM-002TW)The Japan listing is the MSI Portable Gaming PC, Claw 8 AI+ A2VM, Black & Sandstorm, Claw-8-AI+A2VM-201JP, 8.0-inch / Windows 11 Home / Intel Core Ultra 7 / 32GB / 1TB. The Taiwan page's core model (Claw 8 AI+ A2VM), CPU (Ultra 7 258V), RAM (32GB), SSD (1TB), and screen size (8-inch) all match, differing only in the regional part-number suffix (201JP vs. 002TW; Taiwan also has a Glacier Blue limited edition, 242TW, at the same price, a color difference), a single spec at a single price. (Retailer: momo (own store)) The Taiwan price of NT$35,999 is about 0.91 times the converted Japan tax-excluded price (¥190,727 x 0.2076 ≈ NT$39,587); Taiwan is cheaper, not reaching the abnormal-ratio threshold, so it is kept.
- Official product page
- Brand product page ↗Product images on this site are redrawn illustrations; use the official page for appearance, extras and packaging.
- This page generated
- Generated from the same checked data; it is recalculated when the data updates.
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