TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US9.4% cheaper in the US
Is Samsung 990 PRO 1TB Gen4 PCIe SSD with Heatsink (PS5 Compatible) cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$31.85 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in the US by US$31.85 (9.4%): Japan ¥56,645 ≈ US$371.84, the US US$339.99.
01 · Verdict
9.4% cheaper in the US- Japan list price
- ¥56,645incl. tax · price incl. tax shown on the source ranking page (JPY) · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$371.84JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$339.99excl. tax · Current US retailer price · In stock
- cheaper in US
- US$31.859.4% · 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) | ¥56,645 | Bic Camera ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USCurrent US retailer price | US$339.99 | B&H Photo Video ↗ | excl. taxIn stock |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$371.84 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in US | US$31.85 | 9.4%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 ¥56,645, Taiwan NT$9,899; 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$377.42, above the US by US$37.43.
- 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
- 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: Samsung internal SSD, PCI-Express connection, 990 PRO (with heatsink/PS5 compatible), MZ-V9P1T0G-IT [1TB/M.2] [PC parts]/Taiwan product page: 990 PRO, PCIe Gen4, M.2 2280, 1TB, with heatsink, MZ-V9P1T0CWThe Japan listing is the Samsung PCI-Express 990 PRO (with heatsink / PS5-compatible), MZ-V9P1T0G-IT [1TB / M.2]. The Taiwan page's series (990 PRO), interface (PCIe Gen4), capacity (1TB), included heatsink, and PS5 compatibility all match; model MZ-V9P1T0CW and Japan's MZ-V9P1T0G-IT differ only in the regional part-number suffix (CW / G-IT), with the core MZ-V9P1T0 matching, a single price of NT$9,899. (Retailer: momo (Samsung official direct store)) The Taiwan price of NT$9,899 is about 1.02 times the converted Japan tax-excluded price (¥51,495 ÷ 1.1 x 0.2076 ≈ NT$9,718); the two markets are nearly the same price.
- 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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