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The original was posted on /r/japantravel by /u/frozenpandaman on 2025-02-18 05:48:39+00:00.

Up until now you had to spend an extra 30 seconds typing in your name, sex, birthday, and ostensibly a phone number when buying an IC card from the machines in Tokyo.

As of March 1, this will no longer be necessary, and unregistered IC cards will be back on sale like usual.

This doesn’t actually change much at all in practice, but maybe the “but JR East’s so-called chip shortage isn’t really over!” talk will finally subside, as everything’s fully back to normal now!