Anybody visiting Japan can buy transit cards like Suica and PASMO at stations, or e-money cards like nanaco or WAON at convenience stores. These cards are ‘Japan issue’ cards that […]
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Apple Pay Global NFC Lineup Updated with iPhone 11/Apple Watch 5
The Apple Pay Japan page has a special place in Apple’s web site galaxy. It is the only page that lists global NFC specs for Apple devices. This was the […]
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Apple Pay Suica Market Share Math
One side benefit from the fake NFC TIMES article is that we now have the latest Mobile Suica issuance numbers direct from JR East: as of August 2019 total Suica […]
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The JAPAN CASHLESS Rebate Day 1: convenience stores
It was a fun day. I tried out some local CASHLESS rebate stores and it was…boring. I paid with Apple Pay Suica like I always do. A close examination of […]
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The FeliCa Fabulist NFC TIMES
The EMV TIMES trashed FeliCa Suica again NFC TIMES posted a story today: Mobile Suica Still Accounts for Disappointing Share of Suica Users and Transactions in Japan (paywalled). The article […]
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Suica App 2.5 Update
Suica App 2.5 dropped on 9/25 without a peep from JR East but this morning they released a notice urging Suica App users to update by 10/22. It’s not immediate […]