TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US47.5% cheaper in Japan
Is Smooth Cotton Crew Neck Sweater (Long Sleeve) cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$23.71 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$23.71 (47.5%): Japan ¥3,990 ≈ US$26.19, the US US$49.90.
01 · Verdict
47.5% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥3,990incl. tax · UNIQLO official Japan online store, list price incl. tax · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$26.19JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$49.90excl. tax · official list price · In stock
- cheaper in Japan
- US$23.7147.5% · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JapanUNIQLO official Japan online store, list price incl. tax | ¥3,990 | UNIQLO Japan official online store ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USofficial list price | US$49.90 | UNIQLO US official online store ↗ | excl. taxIn stock |
| Japan convertedJPY/USD 0.006564 (JPY/TWD 0.2076 ÷ USD/TWD 31.625) | US$26.19 | Bank of Taiwan rate ↗ | Spot sellingNot a card or cash rate |
| Gapcheaper in Japan | US$23.71 | 47.5%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 ¥3,990, Taiwan NT$1,290; both are same-day prices from the two official online stores at the time checked. Japan shipping, tax refunds, and card fees are not included.
- With a 1.5% foreign card fee: Japan comes to about US$26.58, still below the US by US$23.32.
- Break-even rate 0.0125 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
- Item numbers in both markets are matched via the manufacturer's communicationCode; color and size availability may differ between the two markets.
- The app-member-only price and the limited-time price both carry conditions and an expiry; go by the official page's listed price on the day of purchase.
- The Taiwan page does not state whether tax is included.
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
- UNIQLO Japan official online store ↗UNIQLO official Japan online store, list price incl. tax · incl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- UNIQLO US official online store ↗official list price · excl. tax · In stock · 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: Smooth Cotton Crew Neck Sweater; Item No. 475053; XS-3XL; verify color code 19/Taiwan product page: smooth cotton crew-neck sweater (long sleeve) (Item No. 488223)Both regions carry the same OEM product: the Japan official product API (/jp/api/commerce/v5/ja/products/E475053-000/price-groups/00/l2s) returns a communicationCode whose first six digits are 488223 for every size/colour, and 488223 is exactly this item's item no. on UNIQLO's Taiwan official site. The two regions' item numbers were never the same to begin with (searching the Taiwan site directly by the Japan number previously returned no results because of this), and the communicationCode is a shared OEM part number that can serve as proof of the same model. The two regions' item numbers differ (Japan 475053 / Taiwan 488223); this is based on the OEM communicationCode rather than a matching item number, so it is logged as the same specification rather than the same item number. US price 2026-09-18: US details API E475053-000 Smooth Cotton Sweater base $49.9 tax EXCLUSIVE
- 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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