The low-key May 10 launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone in Japan follows a year of soon to be coming rumors that indicated FeliCa support. But that didn’t happen. […]
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Starbucks App Clips: real App Clips for the rest of us?
Despite a lot of launch hype back in 2020, App Clips has been a poster child for highly engineered solutions looking for a problem. Lots of industry folks had been […]
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Reality Checking the Western Myth of Japanese Cash Addiction
Myths die hard, especially Western Japanese myths. Mostly because somebody doesn’t want them to. They are the proverbial rice bowl of hack foreign journalists who can’t be bothered doing research, […]
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Suica 2.0 Platform Closeup: Mobile Suica 2.0
March is always the month for new train schedules and services and 2024 is no different. JR East will be adding a significant Suica service expansion to 21 stations in […]
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NTT Docomo • JR East launch dPOINT Mobile SUICA recharge for dBARAI (Updated for Apple Pay)
JR East and Docomo announced a new version of dBARAI app today one that hooks into Mobile Suica on Android to recharge with dPOINT or dBARAI account balance. Support on […]
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New Suica System to aid Noto Earthquake Evacuees
JR East announced they will distribute 18,000 Suica cards to all Noto Earthquake evacuees at all evacuation centers. The request came from Ishikawa Prefecture via the Japanese Digital Agency because […]