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Transit IC Cards - YAML

Transit IC cards are IC card-type tickets and electronic money issued by railway companies and bus operators in Japan. Since March 23, 2013, the national interoperability service has been launched, making 10 major IC cards (Kitaca, PASMO, Suica, manaca, TOICA, PiTaPa, ICOCA, Hayakaken, nimoca, and SUGOCA) usable on trains and buses nationwide. In addition to transportation, they can also be used for shopping at stores as electronic money, becoming an essential infrastructure for daily life in Japan.

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- code: "01"
  slug: "kitaca"
  name: "Kitaca"
  description: "A transit IC card issued by JR Hokkaido."
  issuer: "JR Hokkaido"
  area: "Hokkaido (Sapporo, Otaru, Chitose, etc.)"
  launchDate: "2008-10-25"
  mobileSupport: false
  autoCharge: false
- code: "02"
  slug: "pasmo"
  name: "PASMO"
  description: "A transit IC card issued by private railway and bus operators in the Greater Tokyo Area."
  issuer: "PASMO Co., Ltd."
  area: "Greater Tokyo Area (Tokyo Metro, Toei Subway, major private railways and buses)"
  launchDate: "2007-03-18"
  mobileSupport: true
  autoCharge: true
- code: "03"
  slug: "suica"
  name: "Suica"
  description: "The most widely used transit IC card issued by JR East."
  issuer: "JR East"
  area: "Greater Tokyo Area, Tohoku, and Niigata regions"
  launchDate: "2001-11-18"
  mobileSupport: true
  autoCharge: true
- code: "04"
  slug: "manaca"
  name: "manaca"
  description: "A transit IC card for the Tokai region issued by Nagoya City Transportation Bureau and others."
  issuer: "Nagoya City Transportation Bureau, Nagoya Railroad, etc."
  area: "Tokai region (Nagoya Municipal Subway, Meitetsu, Aonami Line, etc.)"
  launchDate: "2011-02-11"
  mobileSupport: false
  autoCharge: true
- code: "05"
  slug: "toica"
  name: "TOICA"
  description: "A transit IC card for the Tokai region issued by JR Central."
  issuer: "JR Central"
  area: "Tokai region (Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, etc.)"
  launchDate: "2006-11-25"
  mobileSupport: false
  autoCharge: false
- code: "06"
  slug: "pitapa"
  name: "PiTaPa"
  description: "A post-pay IC card for the Kansai region issued by the Surutto KANSAI Association."
  issuer: "Surutto KANSAI Association"
  area: "Kansai region (Hankyu, Hanshin, Kintetsu, Keihan, Nankai, Osaka Metro, etc.)"
  launchDate: "2004-10-01"
  mobileSupport: false
  autoCharge: true
  paymentType: "post-pay"
- code: "07"
  slug: "icoca"
  name: "ICOCA"
  description: "A transit IC card for the Kansai, Chugoku, and Shikoku regions issued by JR West."
  issuer: "JR West"
  area: "Kansai, Chugoku, and Shikoku regions"
  launchDate: "2003-11-01"
  mobileSupport: true
  autoCharge: false
- code: "08"
  slug: "hayakaken"
  name: "Hayakaken"
  description: "A transit IC card for the Fukuoka region issued by Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau."
  issuer: "Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau"
  area: "Fukuoka region (Fukuoka City Subway, Nishitetsu buses, etc.)"
  launchDate: "2010-03-13"
  mobileSupport: false
  autoCharge: false
- code: "09"
  slug: "nimoca"
  name: "nimoca"
  description: "A transit IC card for the Kyushu region issued by Nishitetsu and others."
  issuer: "Nishitetsu and others"
  area: "Kyushu region (Nishitetsu trains and buses in Fukuoka and Kitakyushu)"
  launchDate: "2008-05-18"
  mobileSupport: false
  autoCharge: true
- code: "10"
  slug: "sugoca"
  name: "SUGOCA"
  description: "A transit IC card for the Kyushu region issued by JR Kyushu."
  issuer: "JR Kyushu"
  area: "Kyushu region (all JR Kyushu lines)"
  launchDate: "2009-03-01"
  mobileSupport: false
  autoCharge: true