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 ...

TOKYO — U.S. troops and other commuters in Japan will soon be able to purchase unregistered Suica and Pasmo smart cards again, following a nearly two-year pause due to a global semiconductor shortage.

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 ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will resume issuing Suica cards — sales of which have been suspended since last year due to a global shortage of chips needed to make them — as early as this fall, the ...

For shoppers and adventurers alike, there is no better time to visit eastern Japan than between now and March 31 thanks to an innovative partnership between JR East and Mitsui Fudosan. Travelers to ...

Tourists new to Japan could face inconveniences while trying to navigate public transportation in the coming weeks. According to a report, both East Japan Railway (JR East) and Pasmo Co. have ...

Back in 2001, East Japan Railway Company/JR East revolutionized train travel in Japan when they launched the Suica system. Instead of having to hunt for your destination on a map posted on the wall in ...

Train operators in eastern Japan said Friday that they will suspend sales of some Suica and Pasmo rechargeable transportation cards starting on June 8 due to a shortage of the chips needed to make ...

TOKYO — Consumers here will soon be able to use their mobile phones on Japan's extensive railway network. By next January, the marriage of mobile phones and public transportation is scheduled to begin ...

At I/O 2018, Google announced that its unified payment service now supports airline passes and movie tickets, while earlier this year it added transit passes. These conveniences are newer in the US, ...