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The October 2026 launch of teppay in Mobile Suica app, coming on the 10th anniversary of Apple Pay Suica, represents a new phase for the Suica platform.

It’s been a few months since the July 1 2026 EMV open loop launch on all Taipei Metro gates.

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 […]

One of the marketing jobs of Suica Renaissance is rebranding Suica from a transit card to a lifestyle card.

I purposely left the Suica Renaissance Mobile Suica only virtual gate feature, due in the mid-2030’s, off my Suica area unification post because…well the above graphic text says pretty much […]

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 […]

When MacRumors reported that iPhone X was added to Apple’s obsolete product list, my first thought was good riddance.

Things go slow, then quickly.

One of the interesting differences between JR East Mobile Suica and JR West Mobile ICOCA is the latter aggressively adding 3rd party commuter passes with robust online application support.

JR East announced full Mobile Suica support is coming to Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel WearOS Watches from mid-August 2026.

The 2026-07-01 Mobile Suica temporary service maintenance that ran from 09-50~17:34 JST, coming after 4 hour recharge slowdown on 2026-06-30, was the second time in recent months that Mobile Suica […]

JR East catches a lot of criticism, some rightly so, for having outdated, old fashioned apps and web services with crusty, confusing UI.