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How Yominews works
How Yomimaru sources, adapts, and level-grades real Japanese news for learners — and how our AI-assisted, human-reviewed process keeps the facts honest.
Our editorial standards
Yominews is Yomimaru's free easy-Japanese news reader. Each day our pipeline reads current reporting from established outlets, then writes an original Japanese-language summary of each story and grades it across JLPT levels N5 to N1. We simplify the language so learners can read real news at their level — but we never change the facts, and we always link the original reporting.
Every story carries adaptive furigana generated with Kuromoji morphological analysis and calibrated to each level, an English summary, key vocabulary, and attributed source links. One canonical page per story holds all reading levels, so learners read the same news at their level and switch with the level tabs.
Yominews articles are AI-assisted adaptations produced within an editorial process and grounded in credited sources. We do not fabricate news, we do not republish source text, and if we get something wrong we fix it. Reading is free with no account required.
Questions & answers
Who writes Yominews articles?
Every Yominews story is an original Japanese-language adaptation written by Yomimaru — not a republished source article. We read current reporting from credited outlets and rewrite each story ourselves at every JLPT level.
How is each JLPT level created?
The same story is rewritten at multiple JLPT levels (N5 to N1). Lower levels use shorter sentences and more basic vocabulary and grammar; higher levels keep a native register. We simplify the language, never the facts — every level matches the original reporting.
How is the furigana generated?
Furigana (kana readings above kanji) is produced with Kuromoji morphological analysis and calibrated to each JLPT level, so readings appear only above the kanji a learner at that level would not yet know.
Do you use AI?
Yes. AI assists the adaptation and grading within an editorial process, and every story is grounded in real reporting from credited sources that we link. We do not fabricate news — we adapt real news for learners.
Do you republish the original articles?
No. We link to the original reporting and never host source text. Read the full stories at the credited outlets to support the original publishers.
Is Yominews free?
Yes — reading every story at every level is completely free with no account required. A free Yomimaru account adds tap-to-look-up dictionary entries, grammar explanations, and saving words to your own study deck.