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Easy Japanese News for JLPT N3 (with furigana)

Intermediate news that bridges the gap to native Japanese, with the grammar and vocabulary common at JLPT N3. Yominews stories are original Japanese adaptations of credited reporting, written with AI assistance at several JLPT levels and reviewed by a person before they are published. Every story is free to read, with an English summary and tap-to-look-up in the Yomimaru app.

Updated dailyLast updated Oct 13, 202646 recent stories

Viral Ghibli Park Snaps of Japan's Imperial Couple Top 1.3M Likes cover

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Viral Ghibli Park Snaps of Japan's Imperial Couple Top 1.3M Likes

Rare candid photos of the Emperor and Empress visiting Ghibli Park have captivated millions across social media.

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日本のくらしにほんのくらし

Life & Culture

How Japan actually works, day to day.

The Science and Song Behind Japan’s Roaming Sweet Potato Trucks cover
The Science and Song Behind Japan’s Roaming Sweet Potato Trucks
On chilly evenings, melodic mini-trucks slow-roast sweet potatoes over hot stones, turning simple street snacks into pure culinary science.
Oct 11
気になるきになる

Curiosity

The surprising, the delightful, the only-in-Japan.

Beating and Kicking for Good Luck: Inside Nagano’s Bizarre Poverty God Shrine cover
Beating and Kicking for Good Luck: Inside Nagano’s Bizarre Poverty God Shrine
Hidden inside a traditional Nagano miso brewery, a bizarre shrine invites visitors to kick and beat a god to invite good fortune.
Oct 12
選り抜きよりぬき

Staff picks

Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizers Apologize for Mistaken Rising Sun Flag Ban
Asian Games organizers apologized after mistakenly posting signs banning the Rising Sun flag at a baseball game in Aichi.
Oct 2
 Body Found at Landslide-Hit Kanagawa Apartment Following Typhoon 25 cover
Body Found at Landslide-Hit Kanagawa Apartment Following Typhoon 25
Search teams discover a body in a storm-damaged apartment building as disaster recovery continues across eastern Japan.
Sep 27
 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Open as Japan Celebrates Historic Gold in Marathon and Esports cover
Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Open as Japan Celebrates Historic Gold in Marathon and Esports
Host nation Japan celebrates early triumphs at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, highlighted by marathon victory and an 11-year-old esports champion.
Sep 26
 Typhoon 25 Ravages Eastern Japan as Cabinet Moves to Declare Extreme Severity Disaster cover
Typhoon 25 Ravages Eastern Japan as Cabinet Moves to Declare Extreme Severity Disaster
Following deadly floods across eastern Japan, the government moves to declare a disaster of extreme severity to help recovery.
Sep 25
今週こんしゅう

Earlier this week

Viral Photos Show Japanese Imperial Couple Enjoying Ghibli Park cover
Viral Photos Show Japanese Imperial Couple Enjoying Ghibli Park
Casual photos of Japan's Emperor and Empress posing with Ghibli characters spark widespread online excitement.
Oct 9
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技術ぎじゅつ

Technology

When an AI Refused to Drive a Real Car — And How Engineers Tricked It Back Behind the Wheel cover
When an AI Refused to Drive a Real Car — And How Engineers Tricked It Back Behind the Wheel
Given the keys to a real Toyota Corolla, advanced AI models panicked and refused to drive until engineers made one clever tweak.
Sep 30
文化ぶんか

Culture

Japan's Month Without Gods: The Curious Reason Izumo Welcomes Them All cover
Japan's Month Without Gods: The Curious Reason Izumo Welcomes Them All
While autumn leaves traditional Japanese shrines deity-free, one coastal region hosts an annual assembly deciding human fate and romance.
Sep 29
社会しゃかい

Society

Cooking Cup Noodles Without Sight: A Four-Year Battle With the Inner Line cover
Cooking Cup Noodles Without Sight: A Four-Year Battle With the Inner Line
Pouring boiling water to an unseen mark inside a noodle cup is surprisingly perilous, inspiring an unexpected quest for better design.
Sep 27
旅たび

Travel

Sweet Safety: The Real Reason Japanese Inns Put Confections in Your Room cover
Sweet Safety: The Real Reason Japanese Inns Put Confections in Your Room
Those welcome sweets in Japanese hot spring inns are more than a tasty treat—they are a clever medical shield against bath-induced fainting.
Sep 26
動物どうぶつ

Animals

Why Japanese Trail Signs Warn Hikers Against Black Clothes in Autumn cover
Why Japanese Trail Signs Warn Hikers Against Black Clothes in Autumn
Trailing deep into Japan's autumn mountains? Wearing the wrong color could turn defensive hornets into dangerous adversaries.
Sep 25
環境かんきょう

Environment

Why Japan's Sweet Kinmokusei Scents Every Street at Once cover
Why Japan's Sweet Kinmokusei Scents Every Street at Once
Discover how a single tree variety imported centuries ago fills Japanese neighborhoods with an unforgettable autumn aroma overnight.
Sep 17
食しょく

Food

Giant Stew, Giant Diggers: How Yamagata Cooks 30,000 Bowls of Taro Stew cover
Giant Stew, Giant Diggers: How Yamagata Cooks 30,000 Bowls of Taro Stew
By a Yamagata riverbank, an excavator stirs a 6.5-meter cauldron of simmering taro soup for thirty thousand hungry guests.
Sep 16
先月せんげつ

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質問しつもん

Questions & answers

What makes a news story "JLPT N3 level"?

N3 is the bridge between textbook Japanese and native text. Yominews N3 stories use the connective grammar and more abstract vocabulary typical of the level, keep sentences a notch shorter than native news, and add furigana over the kanji so you can keep reading instead of stopping to look up readings.

Can I read the same story at an easier or harder level than N3?

Yes. Every Yominews story is one page carrying every JLPT level it was written at. Open any article and switch levels with the tabs at the top; the story stays the same, only the Japanese adapts.

Is Yominews free? Do I need an account?

Yominews is free to read, and you do not need an account. After a story or two, the page suggests a free Yomimaru account, which you can close to keep reading. The account is free too, and saves words for review.

How often is new N3 content published?

A story is published when there is news worth reading, several a week rather than on a fixed daily quota.

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