Integrated circuit (IC) cards have been in use in Japan for 23 years, replacing magnetic cards as the main form of cashless ...

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 ...

In 1999, Berlin's BVG piloted the Tick.et, which was intended to compete with Suica, Octopus and Oyster. Heise online ...

I am in the USA. I downloaded a SUICA card from Japan Railway East (JR East) website, and added 1000 Yen to it. Will I be able to use it immediately landing at Tokyo’s Narita airport?

Until recently Japan was still a very much cash-only society, where even restaurant bills of hundreds of dollars would have ...