Easy Japanese News at 6 Levels — with Furigana

🎵SOCIETY2026-09-20

駅の発車メロディ

At Japanese stations, a short tune plays before the train departs.

140 chars · ~3 min · 20 kanji

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🎮TRENDING2026-09-19

千葉県で世界のゲームが集まる五日間

On September 17, the "Tokyo Game Show" began in Chiba Prefecture.

134 chars · ~3 min · 25 kanji

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🚄TRENDING2026-09-16

しんかんせんの一番上の部屋

The Shinkansen will have a top-level room.

168 chars · ~3 min · 25 kanji

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🐿️NATURE2026-09-16

夜の森をわたるムササビ

The musasabi is an animal that lives only in Japan.

162 chars · ~3 min · 19 kanji

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🥶SCIENCE2026-09-16

鉄と木、どちらがつめたい?

On a winter morning, an iron handrail feels very cold to the touch.

148 chars · ~3 min · 15 kanji

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📣SPORTS2026-09-15

日本の野球とおうえんの曲

Japanese baseball is very famous for its cheering.

166 chars · ~3 min · 22 kanji

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🥇TRENDING2026-09-14

世界の大会でやり投げに勝った北口さん

On September 12, a world javelin competition was held in Budapest, Hungary.

167 chars · ~3 min · 19 kanji

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🎁CULTURE2026-09-14

昔から使う一まいのぬの

Furoshiki is a square tool used for wrapping things.

149 chars · ~3 min · 17 kanji

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🚕TRENDING2026-09-13

人が運転しないタクシー、東京に

On September 11, in Tokyo, Tesla announced a new kind of taxi.

154 chars · ~3 min · 20 kanji

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♟️TRENDING2026-09-11

百四十手の長い勝負が終わった

On September 9, the game that decided the Oi title in shogi came to an end.

166 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji

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👉SOCIETY2026-09-11

指でさして声を出す安全のしくみ

At Japanese stations and on trains, station staff and drivers point with a finger and call out.

169 chars · ~3 min · 25 kanji

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🐧TRENDING2026-09-10

スイカのペンギン、二十五年で交代

Suica is a train card used at the station.

144 chars · ~3 min · 15 kanji

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🍶SCIENCE2026-09-10

こうじ ― 日本の味を作るかび

Koji is a mould that supports the food of Japan.

169 chars · ~3 min · 16 kanji

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🌾TRENDING2026-09-09

こうきょの田でいねをかるてんのう

On September 8, the Emperor harvested rice in a paddy inside the Imperial Palace.

147 chars · ~3 min · 12 kanji

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🌼NATURE2026-09-09

はなで感じる秋

In early autumn, a sweet scent spreads through the streets.

169 chars · ~3 min · 16 kanji

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🦀TRENDING2026-09-08

港にかえった八そうの船と三十万円のカニ

From September 1, benizuwai crab fishing began in the Sea of Japan.

158 chars · ~3 min · 22 kanji

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🏹SPORTS2026-09-08

走る馬から三つのまとをねらう

Yabusame is a Japanese Shinto ritual in which a rider shoots targets with a bow and arrow from a galloping horse.

160 chars · ~3 min · 26 kanji

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🐧TRENDING2026-09-07

本物といっしょに泳ぐペンギンロボット

At a theme park in Wakayama Prefecture, two robot penguins are very popular.

169 chars · ~3 min · 17 kanji

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👵CULTURE2026-09-07

お年よりの長生きをいわう日「けいろうの日」

The third Monday of September is "Respect for the Aged Day", a national holiday.

163 chars · ~3 min · 26 kanji

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🌊TRENDING2026-09-06

深い海のごみを発見する AI、日本が開発

Plastic litter sinks to the bottom of the deep sea.

163 chars · ~3 min · 19 kanji

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🚄SOCIETY2026-09-06

七分間のそうじ ― 新かんせんのチーム

Japan's shinkansen, when it arrives at Tokyo Station, departs again after 12 minutes.

168 chars · ~3 min · 24 kanji

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🏯TRENDING2026-09-05

ひこねじょう、世界いさんの国内こうほに決定

On September 3, Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture was decided as a World Heritage candidate.

165 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji

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🌀SCIENCE2026-09-05

台風はなぜ回り、目はなぜしずかなのか

A typhoon is a huge swirl of air that reaches Japan from summer to autumn.

166 chars · ~3 min · 27 kanji

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🎢TRENDING2026-09-04

USJ、開園から二十五年ではじめて広くなる計画

USJ in Osaka will expand for the first time since it opened.

166 chars · ~3 min · 17 kanji

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Easy Japanese News — at 6 Levels