NFC prepaid fare cards No. 1 most popular product of 2006 in Nikkei Marketing Journal (NMJ)'s ranking of most popular products.

NFC prepaid fare cards are Nikkei Marketing Journals most popular product of the year 2006

Annual Nikkei Marketing Journal (NMJ) ranking list of most successful products

NFC prepaid fare cards ranked near the top of most popular products for 2006

Every year Nikkei Marketing Journal publishes a ranking list of the most successful products of the past year in the form Sumo wrestling results are traditionally displayed: there is a Western side and an Eastern side, winners at the top are displayed in much larger print than also rans at the bottom as in Sumo rankings.

IC tickets are the “Ooseki” (second place) winners on the Eastern side of the Sumo ranking of hit products for 2006.

On March 18, 2007, more than 100 transportation companies of the Tokyo region including 25 train operators which serve a population of around 30 million will introduce PASMO IC-Tickets. Introduction of PASMO will increase market share for IC-tickets and ecash in Japan – and globally.

Read more in the latest edition of our Suica and RFID-Ticket report.

RFID tickets such as SUICA make it to the top of the NIKKEI marketing ranking list in 2006
RFID tickets such as SUICA make it to the top of the NIKKEI marketing ranking list in 2006

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