According to the following:
[https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d3731b86efea7857e9d835e910453f33f66550fa](https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d3731b86efea7857e9d835e910453f33f66550fa)
All credit card payments in Japan go through a central point – Japan Card Network, and as you may have guessed it, that central point of failure, has just,… failed.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/17stz3a/cant_use_a_credit_card_tonight_dont_worry_youre/
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Lol. Reminds me of MUFJ bank and their scheduled maintenance on… Saturday night. Yep, that time of the week when people are out spending money at night, and in need of an ATM the most…
No wonder my Android wallet SUICA wasn’t charging properly… Thanks for the clarity redditor!
Huh? I just used it like 10 mins ago and no problems 🤔
*** UPDATE ***
NHK News reports on Twitter (X) [at]nhk_newsPayments system parent company JCB announces resolution of credit card payments problems (22:19)
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[https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20231111/k10014255441000.html](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20231111/k10014255441000.html)
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The problems started at around 1850hrs today, so maybe, they have been resolved.
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As far as I can see, the English Websites don’t provide this information sadly. Hopefully Tourists have not being impacted.