JR East to Adopt New Suica Character to Succeed Penguin
Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has unveiled images of three candidate characters for its Suica smart card system to succeed the current character based on a penguin. The three candidates--a brown squirrel, a purple rabbit and an orange creature carrying a bag with a mole in it--were announced Tuesday. The Suica card can be used to pay train fares and as elec...
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