Travel in Japan is about to get easier thanks to the launch of the Welcome Suica app, scheduled to debut March 6. Developed by JR East, also known as the East Japan Railway Company, iOS users will be ...

The app allows users to issue and top up their Suica in the app without going to a ticket office or vending machine at the station both before and after entering Japan; is accepted on trains, buses ...

Suica and Pasmo are both incredibly outdated in 2023. What they need to do is install contactless readers on the turnstiles so people can pay with credit cards. This is how people are doing it in ...

Travel Japan with a single app! JR East has released the Welcome Suica Mobile app for overseas visitors to Japan on Thursday, March 6, 2025. This press release ...

Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--A code payment function will be added to the Mobile Suica and Mobile Pasmo apps, their operators have said. The function, called "teppay," will be available on ...

When East Japan Railway Company (JR East) launched its Suica prepaid card payment system in 2001, it was a gigantic step forward in convenience for train passengers in Japan. Instead of having to buy ...

Travel Japan with a single app! TOKYO, March 24, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JR East has released the Welcome Suica Mobile app for overseas visitors to Japan on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The app allows ...