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 […]
Mobile Payments
Apple Pay drops the FeliCa requirement for Japanese issue payment cards
Spring is always the time for new product announcements in Japan which starts in March. Today, 2025-03-03 marks the day that Apple dropped the FeliCa requirement for payment cards resulting […]
Mobile Transit
Suica Renaissance: Beyond the Baloney
JR East has released a lot of different Suica roadmaps these past few years. First we got the 2018 Suica 2 in 1 roadmap for MaaS integration of regional transit […]
Mobile Payments - Mobile Transit
Suica 2.0 Platform Closeup: Mobile Suica 2.0
March is always the month for new train schedules and services and 2024 is no different. JR East will be adding a significant Suica service expansion to 21 stations in […]