Nationwide Mutual Usage Service

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Nationwide Mutual Usage Service

Service mark
Region	Japan
Industry	Public transport Shopping
Launched	March 23, 2013

Japan's Nationwide Mutual Usage Service (全国相互利用サービス, Zenkoku Sōgo Riyō Sābisu) is a system that allows for reciprocal use and interoperability between the country's ten most common transportation IC cards – contactless smart cards used on public transport with additional e-money functionality. Launched on March 23, 2013, the service allows riders of trains, buses, and other public transport to seamlessly use the same card in all major Japanese cities, across hundreds public, privately owned, and third-sector systems.^[1][2] As of March 9, 2024, it is available on services run by 326 transit operators.^[3][4][5]

The ten cards included in the Nationwide Mutual Usage Service and their issuing companies are:

• Kitaca (JR Hokkaido)
• PASMO (Pasmo Co., Ltd.)
• Suica (JR East) – including Welcome Suica^[6]
• manaca (Nagoya City Transportation Bureau and Meitetsu)
• TOICA (JR Central)
• PiTaPa (Surutto KANSAI)
• ICOCA (JR West)
• Hayakaken (Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau)
• nimoca (Nishitetsu)
• SUGOCA (JR Kyushu)

With some exceptions,^[a] IC cards part of the Nationwide Mutual Usage Service typically cannot be used^[b] for continuous travel between two areas served by different IC cards, but rather within each area or city.^[2] All cards implement an RFID technology developed by Sony called FeliCa.^[7]

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