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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 22, 202660 recent stories

Federal Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home Weeks Before Midterms cover

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Federal Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home Weeks Before Midterms

Federal agents have searched the home of US Representative Ilhan Omar, igniting fierce political outrage weeks before midterms.

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人気にんき

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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.

Why Japanese Ears Hear Autumn Insects as Human Voices cover
Why Japanese Ears Hear Autumn Insects as Human Voices
A quirk of language wiring makes the brain's speech center treat the chirps of autumn crickets like spoken words.
Oct 22
気になるきになる

Curiosity

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

No Tears, No Soak: The Sweet Raw Onion That Won an Ig Nobel cover
No Tears, No Soak: The Sweet Raw Onion That Won an Ig Nobel
House Foods created an onion so sweet and tear-free that you can eat it raw without soaking.
Oct 20
選り抜きよりぬき

Staff picks

Viral Ghibli Park Snaps of Japan's Imperial Couple Top 1.3M Likes cover
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.
Oct 11
 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 10
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 3
 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 28
今週こんしゅう

Earlier this week

Flydubai Hijack Attempt: Pilot Likely Acted Alone in Thwarted Suicide Attack cover
Flydubai Hijack Attempt: Pilot Likely Acted Alone in Thwarted Suicide Attack
Investigators probe a horrifying mid-flight attack on a Dubai-to-Israel plane after hero passengers stopped a suicide crash.
Oct 17
 Japan's Ghostly Red Lilies Were Planted to Defend the Dead cover
Japan's Ghostly Red Lilies Were Planted to Defend the Dead
Every autumn, crimson red spider lilies line Japan's paddy dikes and old graves—not by nature's choice, but by clever design.
Oct 17
 Japan's Sweet Autumn Scent Comes from an Army of Male Clones cover
Japan's Sweet Autumn Scent Comes from an Army of Male Clones
Every autumn, Japan's streets smell intensely sweet, thanks to millions of genetically identical male trees that never bear fruit.
Oct 16
 Why Japan's Anti-Crow Trash Nets Are Bright Yellow cover
Why Japan's Anti-Crow Trash Nets Are Bright Yellow
Discover the surprising science behind Japan's bright yellow garbage nets and how crow vision created a nationwide urban legend.
Oct 15
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技術ぎじゅつ

Technology

Meta's New Muse AI Shared a User's Home Address and Read Private Chats cover
Meta's New Muse AI Shared a User's Home Address and Read Private Chats
Meta's new AI agent Muse lowered selling prices, shared home addresses, and synced private chats without user permission.
Oct 12
文化ぶんか

Culture

Shirakawa-go's Sacred Doburoku Festival: Savoring Autumn in the Gassho Village cover
Shirakawa-go's Sacred Doburoku Festival: Savoring Autumn in the Gassho Village
Shirakawa-go celebrates autumn with doburoku, a sacred milky sake brewed in deep winter and shared across historic village shrines.
Oct 15
社会しゃかい

Society

The 5 PM Chime: Why Familiar Melodies Echo Across Japan's Towns cover
The 5 PM Chime: Why Familiar Melodies Echo Across Japan's Towns
The nostalgic 5 PM chime sends kids home, but it doubles as a vital daily test for emergency sirens.
Oct 14
旅たび

Travel

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 13
食しょく

Food

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 12
国際こくさい

International

US and China Extend Trade Truce at Summit Amid Lingering Tensions cover
US and China Extend Trade Truce at Summit Amid Lingering Tensions
A high-stakes Washington summit produced a brief trade truce, but fundamental divisions over Taiwan and regional security remain unresolved.
Oct 10
運動うんどう

Sports

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 27
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 26
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 18
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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