Apple Pay Suica users got a a new recharge option today: Rakuten Point, some 3 years after Android Osaifu Keitai users got the same thing with Rakuten Pay Suica, a […]
Mobile Payments
Thoughts on Suica 2.0
The Suica 2.0 launch in the Tohoku region on May 27, 2023 was not simply a launch. It marked the transition to a whole new business model for JR East. […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Closeup: How Suica 2.0 will remove IC fare region barriers and much more
The Suica cross region problem, no thru transit going from the Suica area to the TOICA area for example, is a well known and criticized shortcoming of the Transit IC […]
Mobile Payments - NFC
A JR East EMV Contactless VIEW card without Suica?
Yes. You read that right. A JR EAST EMV Contactless VIEW JRE CARD that doesn’t come with Suica functionality. Just a plain old credit card with a EMV Contactless logo. […]
Mobile Payments - Transit
JR West launches Mobile ICOCA for Osaifu Keitai Android
Update: Apple Pay ICOCA launched 2023-06-27 7:00 am JST. As promised back in 2020, JR West finally launched Mobile ICOCA for Osaifu Keitai Android devices on March 22, with Apple […]
Help Desk - Transit
The ¥10 barrier-free train station tax fare increase
The railway station barrier-free fee system is “a Japanese railway fare system established with the aim of promoting barrier-free railway stations in urban areas” by leveraging a fee on urban […]