What a Suica year. After all that pie in the sky 2024 Suica Renaissance marketing glitz, we should have known the ugly reality 2025 had in store for us when […]
Mobile Transit
Mobile TOICA launch March 17 with Apple Wallet TOICA support (Updated)
Mobile TOICA is launching March 17 for Android Osaifu Keitai. Apple Wallet support is coming “very soon”, shortly after if not the same day. It’s a little unclear but launch […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
New JR East teppay QR payment platform coming to Mobile Suica / PASMO Apps
JR East and PASMO announced a new payment platform called teppay that will be coming to Mobile Suica and Mobile PASMO starting in the fall of 2026. It builds on […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
JR East killing off Suica penguin character in 2026
2026 was supposed to be a celebration of all things Apple Pay Suica. Not only is 2026 the 25th anniversary of Suica and 20th anniversary of Mobile Suica, it’s also […]
Mobile Payments
Paying Japanese taxes with Apple Pay nanaco
The first year after leaving a steady income job for freelance or part-time work is always a challenge because you have to pay local taxes and national health insurance for […]
Mobile Transit
JR Group online ticketing destination: collaboration, not integration
The recent JR Group announcement (JR East, JR Central, JR West, JR Kyushu) that their separate online ticket reservation systems (Eki-Net, EX, e5984, JR KYUSHU Train Reservation) would finally start […]