The recent additions of stera transit (Visa-SMBC-Nippon Signal-QUADRAC) open loop test systems in Kyushu covering Fukuoka metro, Kuamamoto city transit and JR Kyushu expand the VISA Touch transit boutique deeper […]
Apple
MacInTouch and me
I don’t know why but Ric Ford’s MacInTouch site has been on my mind a lot recently. It’s a feeling I’ve learned to trust, a sign that something is about […]
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Apple Pay Suica recharge security block
JR East online services (Mobile Suica, JRE POINT, Eki-Net), along with many other online services that have accounts with credit cards, have been inundated with phishing attacks since the Russia-Ukraine […]
Japan Now
Foreign reporting takes of Japan as Japanese cuisine
Here’s a fun game for long term gaijin residents of Japan. We all know the Japan portrayed in foreign news reportage and stink tank ‘Japanese expert’ analysts, rarely, if ever, […]
Japan Journal
The karinto lesson: a good nature makes all the difference
My partner was born and raised on Sado and is always telling me stories of growing up there. I’ll try to write some of them down. This is a tale […]