TravPriceProduct note · Japan × US25.1% cheaper in Japan
Is Anker Soundcore Select 4 Go Bluetooth Speaker cheaper in Japan? the US vs Japan, a US$8.80 gap | 2026 price check
Cheaper in Japan by US$8.80 (25.1%): Japan ¥3,990 ≈ US$26.19, the US US$34.99.
01 · Verdict
25.1% cheaper in Japan- Japan list price
- ¥3,990incl. tax · Soundcore Select 4 Go A31X1011single item, black, list price · Listed
- Converted US currency
- ≈ US$26.19JPY/USD 0.006564 · Bank of Taiwan board
- US list price
- US$34.99excl. tax · Official price (A31X1011 black single unit; coupon excluded) · In stock
- cheaper in Japan
- US$8.8025.1% · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JapanSoundcore Select 4 Go A31X1011single item, black, list price | ¥3,990 | Anker Japan ↗ | incl. taxListed |
| USOfficial price (A31X1011 black single unit; coupon excluded) | US$34.99 | soundcore US official 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$8.80 | 25.1%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$990; 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$26.58, still below the US by US$8.41.
- Break-even rate 0.0088 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 the model, capacity, and version match; a different suffix or a different memory/storage combination is treated as a different product.
- The Taiwan price is a retail-channel list price (which may be an authorized import or a parallel import), 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
- Anker Japan ↗Soundcore Select 4 Go A31X1011single item, black, list price · incl. tax · Listed · checked 2026-09-11
- US price
- soundcore US official store ↗Official price (A31X1011 black single unit; coupon excluded) · 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
- Soundcore Select 4 Go waterproof portable Bluetooth speaker; model corresponds to the A31X1011 seriesThe Japan price comes from Anker Japan (the Soundcore Select 4 Go A31X1011 black single-unit list price): Anker A31X1011, black; Taiwan is momo's "[soundcore] Select 4 Go Waterproof Portable Bluetooth Speaker (All-Day Battery, Full of Energy)," priced at NT$990. The product name "Select 4 Go" and the Japan-spec model A31X1011 are the same product line; Taiwan is the model officially sold by Anker's Taiwan distributor, and PChome carries it simultaneously (NT$990). The product name "Select 4 Go" and the Japan-spec model A31X1011 are the same product line; the momo product page confirms it offers black/blue/green/red colors, including black (corresponding to the Japan-spec black). PChome (DCAIAL-A900I6VVK) sells the same model at the same price of NT$990, corroborating this. Root has reopened this page to re-check the product name and price.
- Official product page
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- Generated from the same checked data; it is recalculated when the data updates.
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