Mobile Suica has been under a lot of stress this week. The cloud service almost went down under a heavy load on November 26, at the same time the Suica […]
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What’s the difference between iOS 13 Wallet created Suica and SuicaEng?
NoticeSuicaEng is obsolete. It is no longer available on App Store, installed SuicaEng does not launch and should be deleted. The Japanese language only Suica app is still available, but […]
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JR Central Online EX Ticketing Extends to Kyushu Shinkansen in 2022
JR Central/JR West/JR Kyushu issued a joint PR release that JR Central’s EX Shinkansen eTicket system, encompassing both EXPress Reservation and smartEX services, will be adding JR Kyushu Hakata~Kagomashima Shinkansen […]
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Suica and Octopus Compared
Hong Kong’s Octopus is coming to Apple Pay soon, it shares the same FeliCa technology base with Suica but there are some interesting differences. BrandingThe mobile version of Suica is […]
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JRE POINT Issues Apple Pay Suica Notice
With the JAPAN CASHLESS Rebate program in full swing, many Apple Pay Suica users are suddenly paying attention and signing up to get those post-transaction rebate points. The sleepy JRE […]
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The JAPAN CASHLESS Rebate Day 6: Rebate Mana
2% and 5% CASHLESS rebates are processed and paid out at the end of each month. So I was a little surprised last night when I opened JRE POINT app, […]