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Easy Japanese News — at 6 Levels

Every story, rewritten for each Japanese school grade (1 = easiest, 6 = hardest). Furigana + translation. New articles every day.

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✈️TRENDING2026-08-21
日本を 旅行する 外国人が 一番 多い 七月
The number of foreign travellers to Japan reached 3.44 million in July.
166 chars · ~3 min · 24 kanji
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⛸️SPORTS2026-08-21
氷の 上の 世界
Japan is a country famous around the world for figure skating.
146 chars · ~3 min · 25 kanji
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🐬TRENDING2026-08-20
水族館の 人気者 イルカ ユキ
At the aquarium in Kagoshima City there is a small dolphin.
167 chars · ~3 min · 19 kanji
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🍣TRENDING2026-08-19
世界の 国が 決めた マグロの 数
Tuna is an expensive fish used for sushi and sashimi.
164 chars · ~3 min · 16 kanji
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⚽TRENDING2026-08-18
世界で 有名な サッカー学校、北海道に
A school run by Real Madrid, the world-famous soccer team, was opened in Hokkaido.
164 chars · ~3 min · 23 kanji
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🎏CULTURE2026-08-18
子どもの 日の こいのぼり
The fifth of May is Children’s Day, and in Japan people raise koinobori.
169 chars · ~3 min · 25 kanji
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🚀TRENDING2026-08-17
フォボスの 石を 地球へ 運ぶ 計画
On August 13, a Japanese research institute showed off a new spacecraft.
162 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji
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🎁SOCIETY2026-08-17
旅行と おみやげ
In Japan, when people go travelling they buy omiyage.
139 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji
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🎈TRENDING2026-08-16
空 を とぶ アンテナ の 実けん
A test of a "flying antenna in the sky" has begun in Japan.
165 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji
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♨️SCIENCE2026-08-16
火山 と おんせん は 一つ の しくみ
Japan is one of the countries with the most volcanoes in the world.
156 chars · ~3 min · 19 kanji
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⚽TRENDING2026-08-15
世界 で 人気 の 新しい スポーツ
A sport called teqball is becoming popular around the world.
163 chars · ~3 min · 17 kanji
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🦝NATURE2026-08-15
夜 に 動く 動物 · タヌキ
The tanuki is an animal that lives in the mountains and forests of Japan.
156 chars · ~3 min · 24 kanji
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🏬TRENDING2026-08-14
グーグル、世界 で はじめて の 店 を 東京 に 開く
The American company Google has opened a store in Omotesando, Tokyo.
164 chars · ~3 min · 19 kanji
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⚡TRENDING2026-08-13
夜の 空に 立った 赤い 光
On the night of July 26, a red light appeared in the sky over Kanagawa Prefecture.
163 chars · ~3 min · 17 kanji
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🥋SPORTS2026-08-13
「受け身」 から 始まる じゅうどう
"Judo" began in Japan more than a hundred years ago.
140 chars · ~3 min · 22 kanji
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🚄TRENDING2026-08-12
はじめての 夜行列車が 走った
On the Tokaido shinkansen, the first overnight train ever ran.
159 chars · ~3 min · 24 kanji
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🚸SOCIETY2026-08-12
みんな で 登校 する 日本 の 子ども
Japanese elementary school children walk to school every single day.
170 chars · ~3 min · 28 kanji
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🏺CULTURE2026-08-12
金でなおす お皿
In Japan there is a craft called "kintsugi" for mending broken dishes.
168 chars · ~3 min · 20 kanji
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🧊SCIENCE2026-08-11
氷が 水に うく りゆう
When the temperature of water drops, it turns into ice.
147 chars · ~3 min · 17 kanji
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🐒NATURE2026-08-10
長野県の 山に すむ、おんせんに 入る さる
Japanese macaques live in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
159 chars · ~3 min · 18 kanji
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🛰️TRENDING2026-08-09
「みちびき七号」を のせて 打ち上げ
Just after 4 a.m. on August 11, a rocket will lift off from Tanegashima.
167 chars · ~3 min · 16 kanji
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🎴SPORTS2026-08-09
世界 で いちばん 速い スポーツ
Karuta played with the Hyakunin Isshu is called "the fastest sport in the world".
170 chars · ~3 min · 24 kanji
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🪲TRENDING2026-08-08
アニメ の 名前 が ついた 新しい 虫
A new insect has been discovered.
133 chars · ~3 min · 16 kanji
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🏮CULTURE2026-08-08
ごせんぞさまを むかえる 四日間
From 13 to 16 August, Japan takes a break for "Obon".
165 chars · ~3 min · 21 kanji
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