Update 11/1/2017
The kind folks at ePayments.jp went out of their way to conduct extensive field tests and contacted me that my post reported incorrect information, I am thankful they did so. I should have done a better research job before posting and apologize both for the error and any confusion resulting from it.
When Apple introduced Apple Pay Japan in October 2016, the official release stated:
When paying for goods and services on the go within apps or Safari, Apple Pay works with iPhone 6 and later, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 3 and later. You can also use Apple Pay in Safari on any Mac introduced in or after 2012 running macOS Sierra, and confirm the payment with iPhone 6 or later or Apple Watch.
This has not changed for older Japanese iPhones in iOS 11:
However some Japanese iPhone 6 and 6S users were confused when adding Apple Pay cards for the first time in iOS 11. Apple Pay Japan cards in Wallet display the iD or QUICPay store payment logo artwork even when the device does not support Apple Pay store purchases, because of this and reports of Japanese credit card companies adding NFC Pay support, some people thought iPhone 6 and 6S running iOS 11 could be used with NFC Pay (EMV contactless) store terminals.
As Apple documentation and field tests make clear, they do not.
Users who want global FeliCa, NFC switching and all the other Apple Pay goodies need to upgrade to iPhone 8, and later/iPhone X and later/Apple Watch 3 and later.
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