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 ...

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 ...

Train station ticketing machines: In Japan, train stations have ticketing machines near the gates with IC card readers where you can easily add funds to your Mobile Suica or Pasmo using cash.

Sales of non-personalized Suica and Pasmo IC cards, which are used to pay for train fares and other payments in Japan, will resume in March. New issuance of Suica and Pasmo cards was suspended in ...

The launch of the Welcome Suica mobile app on March 6, 2025, promises to simplify travel in Japan with digital payments, discounts, and more.

Prepaid IC cards, such as Suica and Pasmo, are widely used at stations. But the new credit-card gates allow passengers to take trains without worrying about remaining balances. And they spare ...

Commuters in the Tokyo, Sendai and Niigata regions typically rely on two kinds of IC cards: Suica cards sold by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and Pasmo cards from other railway and bus ...