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Apple Pay + Wallet - Apple Pay Suica - Apple Pay Transit - NFC-Felica - Suica

Japan’s economic revival, the cash tax and the contactless payments boom

Anybody who has lived in Japan any length of time knows the economic reality here is rarely reported accurately in the western media. The worn out narratives of the ‘lost […]

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7-Eleven Japan ATM Suica Recharge Service

7-Eleven ATM Suica Cash Recharge service started today. I gave it a test run but it’s not as fast or convenient as Smart Charge kiosks at JR stations. The video […]

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The iPhone X NFC problem upgrade dilemma

I wrote about the upgrade dilemma facing users with iPhone X Suica problem devices in my iPhone XS quick review but wanted to break the discussion out into a separate […]

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JR East and Sony creating ‘Super Suica’ card

JR East and Sony announced co-development of a ‘national’ super Suica card that will replace local Japanese transit card variations such as ICOCA, TOICA, SUGOCA, Kitaca, PASMO, manaca, Nimoca, Hayaken and others […]

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Apple Pay Suica performance improvements coming with iOS 12.1 update

Good news for Apple Pay Suica users: word coming down Apple developer channels is that iOS 12.1 contains Apple Pay Suica fixes and performance improvements. Apple Pay Suica users report […]

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The final word on global FeliCa iPhone XS, iPhone XR, Apple Watch Series 4

Apple is slowly updating Apple Pay eligible device information and Suica information and finally got around to updating the Apple Pay Japan page eligible device specs. It’s the final word that iPhone […]

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