The Suica mascot campaign is getting weird … and wonderful
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Source: The Japan Times
Published: 2026-09-11 13:30 UTC+10:00
Section: LIFE
Factuality Score: 95
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Elections, Technology
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Snippet:
Whoever ended up taking the place of the Suica penguin wasn’t going to have it easy. So it wasn’t too surprising when the initial online reaction to JR East’s three replacement candidates amounted to “Can’t we just keep the bird?”
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