10 Season
154 Episode
Japan Railway Journal - Season 3 Episode 11 Prepaid E-money Cards: The Smart Way to Travel in Japan (2024)
15 million people commute in and out of Tokyo every day, and most of them now use prepaid e-money cards. Because one card can be recognized by multiple transport companies, the system has streamlined automated fare collection. A card's IC chip has an e-wallet function, and can store information such as boarding section and expiration dates on monthly passes; all of which can be verified in just 0.2 seconds. See how these cards and the technology behind them have transformed rail travel in Japan.
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : NHK WORLD-JAPAN
- Director :
- Cast : Ryo Takagi
