{
  "id": 6354800,
  "title": "JR East to Adopt New Suica Character to Succeed Penguin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/jr-east-to-adopt-new-suica-character-to-succeed-penguin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T23:38:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026090800831/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}