TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US10.3% cheaper in the US
Is Apple Mac Studio, Apple M5 Max chip, 18-core CPU/32-core GPU, 36GB unified memory, 512GB SSD, Silver cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$256.75 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in the US by US$256.75 (10.3%): Japan ¥419,800 ≈ US$2,755.75, the US US$2,499.00.
01 · Verdict
10.3% cheaper in the US- Japan list price
- ¥419,800incl. tax · price incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$2,755.75JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$2,499.00excl. tax · official list price · Listed
- cheaper in US
- US$256.7510.3% · 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 2026-09-18. 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) | ¥419,800 | Bic Camera ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USofficial list price | US$2,499.00 | Apple US official ↗ | excl. taxListed |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$2,755.75 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in US | US$256.75 | 10.3%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 ¥419,800, Taiwan NT$84,900; 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$2,797.08, above the US by US$298.08.
- Break-even rate 0.0060 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
- Apple US official ↗official list price · excl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-18
- 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: Apple Mac Studio, Apple M5 Max chip model [2026 summer model/no monitor/SSD 512GB/memory 36GB/18-core CPU and 32-core GPU], silver, MHL64J/A/Taiwan product page: M5 Max chip, 18-core CPU/32-core GPU, 36GB memory, 512GB SSD, silver, no monitor (base configuration)The Japan listing is the Apple Mac Studio with the Apple M5 Max chip [2026 Summer model / no monitor / SSD 512GB / RAM 36GB / 18-core CPU and 32-core GPU], Silver, MHL64J/A (the non-custom standard version). This is Apple Taiwan's official Mac Studio page's default base configuration (M5 Max chip / 18-core CPU 32-core GPU / 36GB RAM / 512GB storage / Silver), exactly matching the Japan listing's spec, a single price of NT$84,900. (Retailer: Apple Taiwan official online store) Apple Taiwan's official site is currently a Mac Studio pre-order page (on sale September 22); the list price is the officially announced pre-order price; the Taiwan price of NT$84,900 is about 1.07 times the converted Japan tax-excluded price (¥381,636 x 0.2076 ≈ NT$79,228), a normal cross-market retail price difference. US price 2026-09-18: MHL64J/A vs. MHL64LL/A; $2,499.
- 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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