i-modeThere is a funny story from the 2005 President Bush visit to Japan. The Bush staff freaked out when they rode the Tokyo trains and saw that most of the Japanese had […]
Japan Apple Pay Launch Week Analysis
It was an interesting week, starting early October 25 with the iOS 10.1 update which rolled out Apple Pay and Transit services for Japan. The next day was 4Q financials […]
Riding The Suica Apple Pay Escalator
JR East has spent a wad of money to promote Suica Apple Pay in select Tokyo area JR stations. If you live in Tokyo go to Akihabara JR station through […]
Apple Pay Suica and Japan Transit Integration
Taro Matsumura was kind enough to tweet a screenshot of Suica Apple Pay and Apple Maps Japan Transit in action on Apple Watch Series 2. If you have Suica loaded […]
Apple Pay Suica launch meltdown
Japanese users vented their frustration on twitter this morning as Apple Pay servers buckled under Apple Pay Suica launch day traffic. The iCloud status page showed that ‘some users’ could […]
A Quick Look At The JR East Suica App
(A full review of the Suica App is here) JR East has released their Suica app on the Japan App store. Here is a quick look using screen shots […]
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