I can get them here for about 21,000 yen. That was about $175 a few years ago, but is now about about $262. The cost here has been flat, but the exchange rate has changed since the dollar has devalued so much.
Doesn’t that seem strange since the paper has to be imported, the ink (soy ink) is imported from the US and the cost feels like it’s under $200 because of the cost of living?
Of course you have no control over prices, but as I said, the printing industry must be making a killing there. Shoot, regular gas is almost $7 a gallon here.