jamar Osafu Ponta JCB was discontinued ???????????????????????? and the remainder of balance can no longer be spent at Lawson as of August 17
Hm, I guess I should have been reading those emails and spent the balance on some JP Amazon mp3's or something as the JCB debit was discontinued June 30. The email states "The unused portion of the charge balance will be refunded from Tuesday, August 18. Details will be announced separately."

ETA: refund instructions here http://www.osaifuponta.lawson.co.jp/landingpage_02/ which require original card & JP bank account, Loppi access for balances < 9,999 yen, or Japan Post bank. I've got the card which does have a (loppi qualifying) balance but I don't have a JP bank/residency (nor stuck in Japan). *sucks teeth*

I guess I'll be playing some of the PontaWeb games to add some Ponta activity from outside JP to keep my Ponta balance alive due to prior Jalan bookings.