JR East and PASMO Council will resume sales of Suica and PASMO cards on September 1 for name cards only. This is because the supply of semiconductors has recovered and continued supply is expected.
All bearer cards will continue to be discontinued, and Suica, which had also been selling bearer cards immediately after service expansion, will discontinue sales of bearer cards in the Aomori, Morioka, and Akita areas and in Yamagata Prefecture from September 1, 2012. In addition, “Welcome Suica” for foreign visitors to Japan will be sold only at some stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area and JAPAN RAIL CAFE TOKYO, and “PASMO PASSPORT” has been discontinued.
Rinkai Suica” issued by Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit will also resume sales only for name-registration type, while “Monorail Suica” issued by Tokyo Monorail will continue to be discontinued for both name-registration and non-registration type.
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