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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://toad.social/users/minorusaba/statuses/113325417364890865">Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 08:44:01 JST</a><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba" title="minorusaba@toad.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/139443-48-20230930221108.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Minoru Saba" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Minoru Saba</a></section><article><p>"...5 public transportation companies [in Kumamoto Pref.] will, from Nov. 16, stop accepting payments using 10 types of IC cards including JR West's Icoca and JR East's Suica"<br>"The 5 companies are facing challenges due to a drop in ridership [and high] costs of renewing the administrative contract"<br><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241015/p2a/00m/0bu/011000c" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241015/p2a/00m/0bu/011000c</a><br>🔸Feels like Japan's infrastructure is fraying at the edges. Similar vibes re dwindling postal service😟<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Japan" rel="tag">#Japan</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/infrastructure" rel="tag">#infrastructure</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3843802#notice-7515655">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-10-18T08:44:01+09:00" title="Friday, 18-Oct-2024 08:44:01 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/113325417364890865" rel="external" title="Sent from toad.social via ActivityPub">toad.social</a></span></span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/113325417364890865">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.mainichi.jp</div><h5><a href="https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241015/p2a/00m/0bu/011000c">End of the line: High upkeep costs force regional Japan transit operators to ditch IC cards - The Mainichi</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.facebook.com/themainichi/</span></div></header><div>OSAKA -- Integrated circuit (IC) cards have been in use in Japan for 23 years, replacing magnetic cards as the main form of cashless payment for publi</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 08:44:01 JST Minoru Saba
"...5 public transportation companies [in Kumamoto Pref.] will, from Nov. 16, stop accepting payments using 10 types of IC cards including JR West's Icoca and JR East's Suica"
"The 5 companies are facing challenges due to a drop in ridership [and high] costs of renewing the administrative contract"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241015/p2a/00m/0bu/011000c
🔸Feels like Japan's infrastructure is fraying at the edges. Similar vibes re dwindling postal service😟
#Japan #infrastructure
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