Apple announced that the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2 will bring customers in Japan the ability to use Apple Pay beginning in October.

Users can commute and pay for everyday items with Suica from JR East and make private credit and prepaid card purchases in stores, apps and on the web, according to an Apple press release. Apple is also introducing support for transit in Japan with Maps in iOS 10 so commuters can find ride details, including fare breakdowns that automatically show Suica pricing right on their device.

Apple's new stable of devices announced this week and sold in Japan will support FeliCa Type-F NFC contactless technology, which is used every day for more than 160 million transactions across Japan. FeliCa is a contactless RFID smart card system from Sony in Japan.

"As the world's largest transit operator, JR East is committed to innovating so we can provide our customers across Japan the best service possible," said Tetsuro Tomita, president and CEO of East Japan Railway. "For iPhone 7, we redesigned an entirely new experience from the ground up so our customers can enjoy the ease and security of using Apple Pay while commuting, in our app and in stores with Suica."

Apple Pay will support many of the most popular Japanese credit and prepaid cards issued by AEON, Credit Saison, JCB, Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos, Orient Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Toyota Finance, UC Cards and View Card, and carriers KDDI, NTT Docomo and Softbank, representing more than three-quarters of all credit card spending in Japan, with major global and domestic networks like American Express, Mastercard, JCB, iD and QUICPay, according to the announcement.