Easy Japanese News at 6 Levels — with Furigana

✨SCIENCE2026-09-04

星がまたたく理由

Why do the stars in the night sky twinkle?

164 chars · ~3 min · 18 kanji

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🐧TRENDING2026-09-03

番号は四十四、名前は「ヨヨ」

At a zoo in Wakayama Prefecture there are 19 emperor penguins.

154 chars · ~3 min · 15 kanji

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🌺NATURE2026-09-03

秋分の日に開くひがんばな

Around the autumn equinox, red flowers open all at once on the edges of rice fields and along rivers.

169 chars · ~3 min · 27 kanji

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⛵TRENDING2026-09-02

十二年に一度、かしま神宮の船の祭り

On September 2, a big boat festival took place at Kashima Jingu shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture.

168 chars · ~3 min · 27 kanji

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🚴SPORTS2026-09-02

日本で生まれた自転車レース「けいりん」

Keirin is a bicycle race born in Japan.

132 chars · ~3 min · 18 kanji

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🤖TRENDING2026-09-01

駅員の仕事を始めたロボット

At a big station in Japan, a human-shaped robot has started working as a station attendant.

159 chars · ~3 min · 23 kanji

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🍱CULTURE2026-09-01

駅のおべんとう「えきべん」

At train stations in Japan, lunch boxes called "ekiben" are sold.

167 chars · ~3 min · 20 kanji

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🪙SOCIETY2026-08-31

百円ショップ

In Japan there are many stores called "100-yen shops".

139 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji

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🤖TRENDING2026-08-30

実物大のガンダム、さいごの夏

A life-size "Unicorn Gundam" robot stands in Odaiba, Tokyo.

168 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji

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☄️SCIENCE2026-08-30

流れ星と火球

A white line runs across the night sky. That is a shooting star.

157 chars · ~3 min · 18 kanji

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🧸TRENDING2026-08-29

東京で大きなおもちゃの会が開かれた

A big toy fair has opened in Tokyo.

145 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji

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🐠TRENDING2026-08-28

金魚すくい全国大会がひらかれた

The town in Nara is famous for raising goldfish.

166 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji

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🏝️NATURE2026-08-28

おがさわらの島じま

A thousand kilometres south of Tokyo harbour lie islands in the Pacific Ocean.

166 chars · ~3 min · 17 kanji

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🥬TRENDING2026-08-27

えいせいがキャベツの出荷を予想する

A satellite circling the sky is taking photos of the cabbage fields.

162 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji

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🪀SPORTS2026-08-27

けん玉 — 広島県うまれの世界のあそび

Kendama is a tool made of a wooden handle and a ball joined by a string.

161 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji

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🗿TRENDING2026-08-26

ばんぱくのあとちに大きなぞう

People came from all over the world to the expo in Osaka.

159 chars · ~3 min · 16 kanji

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⛩️CULTURE2026-08-26

神社の門、とりい

At the entrance of a Shinto shrine stands a gate called a torii.

166 chars · ~3 min · 28 kanji

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🎼TRENDING2026-08-25

世界のきろくを三つとった作曲家

Mr. Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer.

162 chars · ~3 min · 16 kanji

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🎨SOCIETY2026-08-25

鉄のふたにかかれた町の絵

Walking along a road in Japan, you find pictures on round iron lids.

157 chars · ~3 min · 22 kanji

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🦕TRENDING2026-08-24

はこの中の小さな化石

In 1999, a small fossil was found in Fukushima Prefecture.

169 chars · ~3 min · 20 kanji

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🌈SCIENCE2026-08-24

太陽の光が七つに分かれるとき

In the sky after the rain, a seven-coloured rainbow appears.

170 chars · ~3 min · 24 kanji

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🗻TRENDING2026-08-23

山の安全と四千円

Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan.

169 chars · ~3 min · 23 kanji

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🍵TRENDING2026-08-22

公園の池がまっ茶のような緑色に

The pond water in a Tokyo park has turned a matcha-like green.

158 chars · ~3 min · 18 kanji

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🕊️NATURE2026-08-22

雪の上でおどる鳥

The tancho of Hokkaido is a rare bird even by world standards.

166 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji

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Easy Japanese News — at 6 Levels