It has been a year since the VISA payment network in Japan stopped accepting foreign issue VISA cards for Apple Pay In-App use with Suica and PASMO Wallet cards (and […]
Mobile Payments
Wanted: a JR East Apple Pay Suica support campaign in English
Now that plastic Suica cards are mostly unavailable unless you tearfully plead with a kind hearted JR East station staffer that you lost it and need a replacement Suica, inbound […]
Mobile Payments
Lax JR Kyushu SUGOCA effort results in a fare evasion problem
I really like YouTuber kenzy201’s latest post regarding the mysterious disappearance of the ¥170 paper ticket button at JR Kyushu Kokura station kiosks. Kenzy’s simple no frills talk style might […]
Mobile Payments
A warning sign for Japanese open loop transit operators: when the EMV payment network goes down, FeliCa networks keep working
Mobile Suica has had a rough 2 weeks. On June 24 a construction error during server center power supply expansion work left JR East Mobile Suica and Eki-Net online reservation […]
Mobile Payments
MythBusters: plastic Suica isn’t safer than Mobile Suica
On June 24, 2023 0:37 to 13:00 JST, all of JR East online services went offline due to a mishap during server center related power supply construction. The most affected […]
Mobile Payments
Thoughts on the Apple Pay ICOCA launch
Yesterday’s Apple Pay ICOCA launch followed a well established pattern: a widely used Japanese transit card launches on Apple Pay but Apple completely underestimates the demand and Apple Pay servers […]