TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US16.0% cheaper in the US
Is Apple MacBook Air 15" (M5) Wi-Fi 512GB Sky Blue cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$239.26 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in the US by US$239.26 (16.0%): Japan ¥264,800 ≈ US$1,738.26, the US US$1,499.00.
01 · Verdict
16.0% cheaper in the US- Japan list price
- ¥264,800incl. tax · price incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$1,738.26JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$1,499.00excl. tax · official list price · Listed
- cheaper in US
- US$239.2616.0% · 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) | ¥264,800 | Bic Camera ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USofficial list price | US$1,499.00 | Apple US official ↗ | excl. taxListed |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$1,738.26 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in US | US$239.26 | 16.0%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 ¥264,800, Taiwan NT$49,900; 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$1,764.33, above the US by US$265.33.
- Break-even rate 0.0057 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 [custom-configured model] MacBook Air 15-inch, Apple M5 chip model, US keyboard [2026 spring model/SSD 512GB/memory 16GB/10-core CPU and 10-core GPU], sky blue, CTOMDVQ4JA-Z1LZ0005W/Taiwan product page: 15-inch, M5 chip, 10-core CPU/10-core GPU, 16GB memory, 512GB SSD, sky blue, keyboard language selectable as US English (free option)The Japan listing is the Apple [Custom Model] MacBook Air 15-inch with the Apple M5 chip, US keyboard [2026 Spring model / SSD 512GB / RAM 16GB / 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU], Sky Blue, CTOMDVQ4JA-Z1LZ0005W. Selecting "15-inch / Sky Blue / M5 chip 10-core CPU 10-core GPU / 16GB RAM / 512GB" on Apple Taiwan's official MacBook Air purchase page matches the chip, CPU/GPU core counts, RAM, storage, and Sky Blue color, with the keyboard language a free option selectable as US English, a single price of NT$49,900. (Retailer: Apple Taiwan official online store) The Taiwan price of NT$49,900 is about 1.00 times the converted Japan tax-excluded price (¥240,727 x 0.2076 ≈ NT$49,975); the two markets are nearly the same price. US price 2026-09-18: apple.com 15-inch MacBook Air M5 16GB/512GB Sky Blue $1,499.00.
- 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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