October is Apple Pay month in Japan. Today, October 21, we have the Apple Pay WAON and nanaco launch. October 2020 saw the Apple Pay PASMO launch ceremony attended by […]
Mobile Transit
JR East Eki-Net overview: will mobile ticketing go mainstream with v2.0 JRE POINT integration?
One unfortunate legacy of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) breakup and privatization in the late 1980’s was a fragmented ticketing system. The JNR paper ticket system worked very well. I […]
Mobile Transit
Suit Train Eki-Net
YouTuber Suit Train explains the ticketless Eki-Net way of transit ahead of the June 27 system renewal and great big 70% reduction of station ticket agents and service windows by […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Reference
The new features that make up Suica 2.0 are called many things. JR East calls it ‘Next Generation Suica’, I call it Suica 2.0 because there are wider Suica platform […]
Mobile Transit
Eki-Net getting reboot with multilingual support
Well, finally. JR East Eki-Net is getting the makeover I complained about when Shinkansen eTicket service and the mobile app launched just a year ago. On June 27 Eki-Net gets […]
Mobile Transit
The Suica 2 in 1 Region Affiliate Transit Card
The Suica 2 in 1 Region Affiliate transit card ‘totra’ launches today, the first card based on the September 2018 joint JR East/Sony Imaging Products & Solutions/JR East Mechatronics announcement. […]