Originally Posted by
invisible
Is it possible for non-Japanese resident to get Mobile Suica on phone?
Yes, it is. There are only two things you need to set up Mobile Suica:
1. Japanese Play Store account
2. FeliCa-enabled phone
I have both without residence in Japan. Before smartphones (and still these days with regular keitai), the big hurdle was that the application refused to activate without a Japanese SIM inserted in the phone. With the smartphone app, this is no longer the case; so long as you're using a Japan-market phone you can set one up.
In the early days of the smartphone app, they also allowed credit cards from anywhere to be used for Mobile Suica reload so long as you paid the 1000 yen annual fee. Something changed last year and now the only foreign cards they allow are AmEx and JCB.