JR East and Sony held an open demonstration of next generation Suica showing Mobile Suica Ultra-wideband (UWB) use in walk-through gates (JR East) and UWB touchless payments (Sony), taking place […]
Mobile Transit
JR Central mistake is Meitetsu gain
In late January 2026, JR Central announced the end of several popular discounted tickets on their Toyohashi/Nagoya route: JR Central’s goal in deleting regular-line discount tickets: steer travelers to use […]
Mobile Transit
Global NFC Samsung Galaxy and Why It’s Important
It makes sense that Galaxy will be the first Android device to add Suica support to all models from 2027 and later. Anybody from anywhere with one of those devices […]
Mobile Transit
Mobile Suica UWB walk-through gates are boring…which is great news
JR East quietly demonstrated Mobile Suica ultra-wideband (UWB) walk-through gates at the grand opening weekend (March 28, 29) of their newest mega-station retail complex OIMACHI TRACKS. A few short video […]
Mobile Transit
Mobile TOICA launches with Apple Wallet support
Mobile TOICA launched today (2026-03-17 JST) on Apple Wallet and Android Osaifu Keitai. Hosted on the JR West Mobile ICOCA platform that has been on Apple Pay since June 2023, […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Dead Penguin: Suica 2026
What a Suica year. After all that pie in the sky 2024 Suica Renaissance marketing glitz, we should have known the ugly reality 2025 had in store for us when […]