HP Prime vs TI-84 Plus CE for Jr. High and High School

[JDW]

If you go to the HP website and switch to Japan, you will find HP calculators but not the Prime UNTIL you specifically search for the Prime. But the biggest problem of all comes when you try to open the HP Japan Store in order to BUY the Prime. You can't. Why? Because it isn't there. Seriously. It's NOT there. If HP isn't committed to selling the Prime outside the USA, is HP really committed to the Prime?

Again, you can find the Prime on Amazon Japan by available only from sharks who import the Primes and then demand >US$200 for the thing. It's insanity in the extreme. What then compels Japanese calculators to buy the Prime? Nothing.

I for one simply cannot understand this. If some of you can, please explain.