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Passengers enter Yurakucho station in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2024
JR East to resume production of Suica cards as early as fall
Now that JR East has enough chips in stock, they are preparing to resume selling name-registered Suica cards.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2023
Eastern Japan train operators to limit sales of Suica and Pasmo cards due to chip shortage
JR East and other railway operators said in a statement that they will limit sales of the IC cards ¡°for the time being¡± since the card manufacturer is finding it difficult to secure chips.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2019
JR East and Tokyo Metro to debut special IC cards aimed at tourists
From Sunday, visitors to Japan will be able to go cashless while traveling across the country, with major rail operators set to release new rechargeable prepaid transportation IC cards for tourists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 24, 2014
Consumption tax hike projected to increase appeal of electronic money
Your stash of u00a51 coins is about to get much bigger.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2013
Railways get jump on solving IC card dexterity barrier
Traditional pasteboard rail tickets may soon go the way of Betamax VCRs and telephone rotary dials with the near-nationwide standardization of prepaid IC cards such as JR East¡¯s Suica and Tokyo¡¯s Pasmo from March 23.
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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