Back in August 2018 when the Taiwanese Representative Office in Tokyo announced that EasyCard and iPass would accept credit card recharge starting in October, I suspected backend support was being […]
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The 30% Apple Pay Japan Solution
Japanese IT journalist Sachiko Watatani who writes for MyNavi posted a fascinating 2 part (1 and 2) iPhone user survey regarding Apple Pay. There are many interesting details but the […]
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SoftBank Outage Outs QR Code Weakness
The December 6 Ericsson induced SoftBank network outage could not have come at a worse time for SoftBank. The outage took down voice, data and SoftBank WiFi hot spots along with […]
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The FeliCa Bike
I knew Docomo had a bike sharing service and app but didn’t pay attention until I actually saw one today parked in front of the local Doutor Coffee shop. A […]
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Huawei hopes to steal Japanese iPhone Market Share with Global FeliCa
Huawei released the Mate 20 Pro in Japan November 30 with a clear goal of offering a lower priced smartphone in the Japanese market where carrier subsidies are going away and iPhone […]
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New Apple Pay Suica ads
Google Pay Suica has been getting most of the JR East Suica marketing love these past few months but Apple Pay Suica is not down and out. JR East posted […]