Podcast [English World] Episode 77: Scan-free ticket gates

How do you pay for your train rides?

Three Kyodo News reporters – Yuki Yamaguchi, Peter Masheter and Risa Suzuki – talk about how JR East is planning on introducing ticket gates in the next decade that will allow passengers to ride trains without scanning phones at the gates. Listen as they discuss what kind of infrastructures other countries have implemented and the potential drawbacks of the new system.

Article mentioned in the podcast:

JR East to launch scan-free ticket gates for app users within 10 yrs

Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing and how to translate tricky Japanese phrases into English. Have fun listening to journalists discuss recent articles as they occasionally go off on unrelated tangents.

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