JR East has released the Welcome Suica Mobile app for overseas visitors to Japan on Thursday, March 6, 2025. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: ...

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JR East notes, “Suica is a prepaid form of electronic money that can be used for trains, buses, shopping, and more.” The money put into the app will be valid for 180 days.

After a hiatus of nearly two years, the providers of Tokyo’s two main IC transport cards – Pasmo and Suica – will finally resume sales of unregistered prepaid cards. Registered cards were ...

Off-peak fares will apply only to commuter passes on JR East’s “Suica” prepaid transportation IC cards. Those fares will not be available for commuter passes for students, those on magnetic ...

And one key railway in Japan has so far shown no interest in joining the system. Prepaid IC cards, such as Suica and Pasmo, are widely used at stations. But the new credit-card gates allow ...