East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced on Dec. 10 that it plans to introduce walk-through gates within the next decade, allowing passengers to pass through ticket barriers without tapping ...

From Spring 2025, JR East will launch the Welcome Suica Mobile app, which allows travellers from abroad to obtain and charge their digital Suica cards before entering the country.

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 ...

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 ...