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 […]
Help Desk
Using Apple Pay Suica • PASMO Commuter Passes when transfer protocol is in effect
The Yamanote Line was not running this morning due to a signal malfunction. Yet everything looked like any normal Monday morning commute so I had no idea when I entered […]
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
Rakuten Pay for Apple Pay Suica
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 […]
Help Desk
The Sad State of Apple Pay Suica Online Guides
Now that tourists are back in Japan it’s time to take a look at the state of Apple Pay Suica English language guides. Since AtaDistance is mostly a collection of […]