Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 Company, or JR East, is planning to start issuing prepaid, rechargeable smart cards in the Tokyo metropolitan area again this fall after clearing semiconductor supply problems. The ...

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