IT journalist Junya Suzuki wrote an interesting piece for Impress Watch detailing the recent Rakuten Pay Suica announcement. Unfortunately there was a major missing piece of analysis: Super Suica. I […]
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Apple Watch Series 4 Tokyo Workout
Apple ads tailored for Japan are kinda rare so it’s nice that Apple Watch Series 4 gets a Tokyo workout ad for ‘closing your rings’ with a regular Tokyo workday: […]
Apple - NFC-Felica
Google Pixel 3a has a FeliCa Problem
iPhone X was not the only smartphone to have a NFC problem. Japanese users sites report that Google Pixel 3a models marked G020D have a FeliCa defect. Google Support on […]
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WWDC19 Apple Pay Scorecard
Now that WWDC19 is over, here’s a look at the scorecard compared with the WWDC19 Apple Pay wish list. iOS 13 Core NFC gained Read/Write support for NDEF, FeliCa, MIFARE, […]
Apple Pay Suica - NFC-Felica - Suica - Transit
Apple Pay Suica and PASMO Service Mode
Service Mode is a weird function that doesn’t have a counterpart on the Android Suica•PASMO side. The JR East Apple Pay Suica help page used to mention this. The iPhone […]
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Rakuten Pay branded Suica for Android in 2020
Apple Pay users got the Mizuho branded Suica in 2018, so it’s only fair that Android Suica users get a digitally branded Suica too. JR East and Rakuten announced Rakuten […]