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Pasmo

{{Short description|Contactless smart card used in Japan}}

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{{Infobox electronic payment

| image = File:PASMO logo.svg

| name = PASMO

| location = Usable nationwide
Distributed in the Greater Tokyo Area

| launched = March 18, 2007

| service_1 =

| sales_location_1 = Tokyo Metro stations

| sales_location_2 = Toei Subway stations

| sales_location_3 = Private railways

| currency = Japanese yen

| stored_value = Pay as you go

| credit_expiry = Ten years after last use{{cite web |url=https://www.pasmo.co.jp/mp/app/term/condition/ |title=Rules for Using PASMO |website=PASMO |access-date=March 28, 2024}}

| maximum_credit = ¥20,000

| automatic_recharge =

| unlimited_use =

| variant_1 = PASMO

| variant_2 = PASMO PASSPORT

| technology_1 = FeliCa

| operator =

| manager = PASMO Co., Ltd.{{cite web |url=https://www.pasmo.co.jp/visitors/en/corporate/ |title=Company Profile |website=PASMO |access-date=March 28, 2024}}

| homepage = {{url|https://www.pasmo.co.jp/}}

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File:PASMO Gate.jpg (Keikyu Line)]]

File:Kanachu pasmo suica.JPG and Pasmo IC cards next to the driver's seat and fare box]]

Pasmo ({{langx|ja|パスモ|Pasumo}}), stylized as PASMO, is a rechargeable contactless smart card electronic money system. It is primarily used for public transport in Tokyo, Japan, where it was introduced on 18 March 2007. Pasmo can also be used as a payment card for vending machines and stores. In 2013, Pasmo became usable in all major cities across Japan as part of the Nationwide Mutual Usage Service.{{Cite web |last=Ito |first=Etsuro |date=October 2013 |title=Launch of Nationwide Interoperable Transport System IC Cards |url=https://www.ejrcf.or.jp/jrtr/jrtr62/pdf/6-15_web.pdf |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=East Japan Railway Culture Foundation |publisher=Japan Railway & Transport Review |pages=6–15 |language=en}}

Pasmo is a development of the Passnet system used by many non-JR railway lines in the Greater Tokyo Area. The system offers interoperability with the JR East Suica system, as well as integrating private bus companies into the former Passnet network.

The technology is based on an RFID technology developed by Sony known as FeliCa. As of April 2009, there are over 11 million cards in circulation.{{cite web |date=13 April 2009 |title=Suica, Pasmoの合計発売枚数が |trans-title=The total number of Suica and PASMO sold |url=http://www.pasmo.co.jp/news/press/2009/04/13/release_090413.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424153941/http://www.pasmo.co.jp/news/press/2009/04/13/release_090413.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2009 |access-date=15 June 2022 |language=ja}}

Companies and organizations accepting Pasmo

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Most railway operators introduced the system simultaneously when Pasmo started.

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Bus and tramway operators have been introducing Pasmo readers on their systems gradually.

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Popularity

On April 11, 2007, it was announced that sales of Pasmo fare cards would be limited to commuter rail pass purchases until August due to extremely high demand. It was originally predicted that approximately 2 million Pasmo cards would be sold in the first month, but actual sales numbers totaled approximately about 3 million. Due to depleting stock, regular Pasmo card sales were suspended and only commuter passes were sold. Sales resumed on September 10, 2007.{{cite news |date=12 April 2007 |title=Pasmo fare card selling out too fast |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nb20070412a5.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519010726/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nb20070412a5.html |archive-date=19 May 2008 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=The Japan Times}}

Mobile devices

A version for mobile phones known as {{nihongo|Mobile Pasmo|モバイルPASMO|Mobairu Pasumo}}, which uses Mobile FeliCa and Osaifu-Keitai functionality, was launched in March 2020.{{Cite web |title=モバイルPASMO |url=https://www.pasmo.co.jp/mp/and/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=PASMO |language=ja}}

Interoperation

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Through collaboration with JR East, passengers became able to use Pasmo interchangeably with Suica to ride nearly any railway, metro, or bus in the Tokyo metropolitan area in 2007. Transit systems/lines outside the Pasmo system but usable with the Pasmo card included JR East lines in the Kanto, Niigata and Sendai area, the Tokyo Monorail, Saitama New Urban Transit (New Shuttle), Sendai Airport Transit, Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (Rinkai Line), and JR Bus Kanto (local buses in the Mito area).

In 2013, interoperation was extended country-wide, and Pasmo became usable across Japan as part of the Nationwide Mutual Usage Service.{{Cite web |last=Ito |first=Etsuro |date=October 2013 |title=Launch of Nationwide Interoperable Transport System IC Cards |url=https://www.ejrcf.or.jp/jrtr/jrtr62/pdf/6-15_web.pdf |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=East Japan Railway Culture Foundation |publisher=Japan Railway & Transport Review |pages=6–15 |language=en}}

In July 22, 2014, Nintendo added support for Suica and Pasmo in the Nintendo eShop through the NFC function of the Wii U GamePad{{Cite web|title=交通系電子マネーを使ってWii Uのチャージに挑戦、手軽さが魅力的|url=https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2014/07/22/78797.html|access-date=2021-12-12|website=インサイド|date=22 July 2014 |language=ja}} and the New Nintendo 3DS.{{Cite web|date=2014-12-09|title=Nintendo Shows Off NFC eShop Payments for New Nintendo 3DS in Japan|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/12/nintendo_shows_off_nfc_eshop_payments_for_new_nintendo_3ds_in_japan|access-date=2021-12-12|website=Nintendo Life|language=en-GB}} The service was discontinued in January 18, 2022.{{Cite web |date=20 July 2021 |title=ニンテンドー3DSシリーズおよびWii U内のニンテンドーeショップにおけるクレジットカードと交通系電子マネーのご利用取扱い終了について |trans-title=Regarding the termination of use of credit cards and transportation electronic money at the Nintendo 3DS series and the Nintendo eShop in Wii U |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2021/0720.html |access-date=15 June 2022 |website=nintendo.co.jp |language=ja}}

See also

References

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External links

{{Commons category|PASMO}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.pasmo.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
  • {{Official website|https://www.pasmo.co.jp/visitors/en/}} {{in lang|en}}
  • [http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/press/20051201/index.html Press Release] on integration between Suica and Pasmo systems

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