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Suica is a prepaid contactless IC card issued by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), launched on 18 November 2001 at 424 stations in the Tokyo area. Riders tap the card, or its Mobile Suica smartphone version, at ticket gates and the fare is deducted from a stored yen balance that is topped up with cash at ticket machines (maximum ¥20,000). The same balance pays at convenience stores, restaurants and shops, and Suica works interchangeably with other Japanese transit IC cards such as PASMO and ICOCA. As of October 2025, 120 million Suica cards had been issued (physical and in-app), with about 2.2 million acceptance locations.
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