It’s fitting that Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey is retiring this October because October 2026 marks the 10th anniversary launch of Apple Pay in Japan; a launch that changed the […]
Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Closeup: achieving 100% Suica service coverage
Back in 2019 then JR East CEO Yūji Fukuzawa announced in a Sankei Newspaper interview that JR East would achieve 100% Suica service coverage by the end of FY 2021 […]
Mobile Payments
Kyodo ‘exclusive’ report claims some old FeliCa chips are vulnerable
The Kyodo News agency published a report on August 28 claiming that some types of FeliCa chips shipped before 2017 are vulnerable and may be tampered with for certain operations. […]
Mobile Payments
Apple Pay branding and what it means
As usual, the ever growing number of inbound visitors to Japan are scratching heads at store checkout terminals asking to ‘pay with Apple Pay’ which doesn’t mean anything in the […]
Help Desk
EX Shinkansen Mobile Ticket Quick Guide
Sections Service OverviewsmartEX RegistrationIC Card LinkingeTicket Reservation • Purchase IntroJR Central offers the EX Online Ticketing Services and accompanying EX App for Shinkansen mobile eTickets that can be linked with […]
Mobile Payments
Tap to Pay on iPhone in Japan FeliCa questions
The low-key May 10 launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone in Japan follows a year of soon to be coming rumors that indicated FeliCa support. But that didn’t happen. […]