# The "news reading" challenge 🗞 **URL:** \ **Category:** Reading\ **Created:** [May 24, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570 "2021-05-24T10:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kakapo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kakapo/32/284603_2.png) [@Kakapo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kakapo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/1 "2021-05-24T10:03:04Z")
Hiya there! Do you want to **read news in Japanese every day** , but lack the motivation to do so? What about committing together to reading a minimum number of articles each day, to give ourselves an extra push? 💪 This thread is a **commitment thread**. 💍 + 🧵. Here, you can set for yourself a lower-bound on the number of articles you want to read every day, and maybe increase it as reading gets easier. If you are interested in joining me (victory!!), please write in the next post: 1. Your username 2. The **minimum number of articles per day** 🏁 you would like to read 3. For reference, what sources you are using at the moment! Of course, you can read from **whatever source you like** : video gaming websites, traditional newspapers, orange cat 🐈 picture magazines… Everything works! For those who are still beginning to learn Japanese, [NHK News Easy](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/) is a good place to start. I don’t know about you, but reading newspapers and magazines in my mother tongue and in English has been one of my favorite hobbies for a very long time. I actually do have fun reading news in Japanese, but it **exhausts me** 🧟 . Because of that, although some days I will read 2-3 short articles, more often than not I won’t read more than a few headlines. I am against pushing myself too hard when learning Japanese, but I feel that putting a **gentle lower-bound** to my readings will help me build up an ability to read without instantly running out of energy. I hope some of you will join me, and that we will all reinforce our reading skills together! 🔥 ---
**Author:** ![Kakapo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kakapo/32/284603_2.png) [@Kakapo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kakapo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/2 "2021-05-24T10:04:24Z")
| Username | Minimum # of articles/day | Sources | Joined | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Kakapo | 1 (400 characters) | [朝日新聞](https://www.asahi.com/), [NHK News](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/) | 2021-05-24 | | Trunklayer | 4 | [NHK Easy News](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/) | 2021-05-24 | | nyxqueenofshadows | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-05-24 | | I-am-nothing | 1 (Hopefully) | NHK Easy News | 2021-05-24 | | MaineJ | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-05-24 | | Rodngarcia | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-05-24 | | beebeechan | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-05-26 | | Hisuhn | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-05-26 | | mintrunning | 1 | NHK Easy News, [Watanoc](http://watanoc.com/) | 2021-05-27 | | Chemifox | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-06-01 | | jameswpierce | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-06-01 | | Burnannator | 1 | NHK Easy News, Sankei | 2021-06-23 | | westinah | 1 | Asahi Shimbun | 2021-07-05 | | meghana | 1 | HuffPost JP | 2021-07-05 | | irabuyu | 3 | NHK Easy News | 2021-07-16 | | prizegaming | 1 up to 3 | NHK Easy News | 2021-07-17 | | NyappyTiramisu | ~0.29? | HuffPost JP | 2021-07-17 | | klgehrke | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-08-05 | | Lolimouette | 1 | Asahi Shimbun | 2021-08-23 | | DIO-Berry | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-09-08 | | aeyan | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2021-10-06 | | Crescent\_Moon | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2022-10-12 | | MiriahF | 1 | [朝日新聞](https://www.asahi.com/), [NHK News](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/) | 2023-1-4 | | NeoArcturus | 4 | [NHK Easy News](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/) | 2021-02-10 | | nconti | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2024-08-07 | | Delley | 3 | NHK Easy News | 2024-09-04 | | Akatsukinoluna | 1 | Todai Easy News | 2025-10-28 | | AnnieKanji03 | 1 | NHK Easy News | 2025-11-14 | ---
**Author:** ![trunklayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/trunklayer/32/729917_2.png) [@trunklayer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/trunklayer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/3 "2021-05-24T10:14:02Z")
| Username | Minimum # of articles/day | Sources | | --- | --- | --- | | Trunklayer | 4 | [NHK Easy News](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/) | ---
**Author:** ![trunklayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/trunklayer/32/729917_2.png) [@trunklayer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/trunklayer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/4 "2021-05-24T10:15:40Z")
I’meowt of likes, but I really like this idea. I’ve already been reading 4 NHK Easy News articles **purr** day, but this thread would help me stay meowtivated 🐈 ---
**Author:** ![jerseytom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jerseytom/32/209989_2.png) [@jerseytom](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jerseytom)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/5 "2021-05-24T10:47:22Z")
> [@Kakapo](#): > > I actually do have fun reading news in Japanese, but it **exhausts me** Curious - why so? Just still at a point where it’s a lot to process? Or something else? ---
**Author:** ![trunklayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/trunklayer/32/729917_2.png) [@trunklayer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/trunklayer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/6 "2021-05-24T11:47:48Z")
Well, I’ve just tried reading this article > **[「ほっとした」「気が楽に」　大阪で大規模接種スタート：朝日新聞デジタル](https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP5S65MJP5SPTIL01L.html)** > > 　大阪市で24日、新型コロナウイルスワクチンの大規模な接種が始まった。政府の接種会場や市の独自会場に高齢者が訪れて待ち望んだ接種を受けた。「一日でも早く」「ほっとした」。市内の高齢者は71万人いる。コ… And stopped in the middle. I did manage to understand most of what I read, but it is draining. Same with ordinary NHK News. So, for now I’d rather stick to NHK Easy News 😅 ---
**Author:** ![nyxqueenofshadows](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nyxqueenofshadows/32/400406_2.png) [@nyxqueenofshadows](https://community.wanikani.com/u/nyxqueenofshadows)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/7 "2021-05-24T13:21:20Z")
| Username | Minimum # of articles/day | Sources | | --- | --- | --- | | nyxqueenofshadows | 1 | NHK Easy News | ---
**Author:** ![nyxqueenofshadows](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nyxqueenofshadows/32/400406_2.png) [@nyxqueenofshadows](https://community.wanikani.com/u/nyxqueenofshadows)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/8 "2021-05-24T13:22:50Z")
was just thinking about how i need more reading motivation and the forums come through for me again! looking forward to it! ---
**Author:** ![Kakapo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kakapo/32/284603_2.png) [@Kakapo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kakapo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/9 "2021-05-24T13:54:13Z")
@trunklayer @nyxqueenofshadows, reading buddies! 😊 よろしく！ Nyx-san, Fate is on your side!! That makes you a bit intimidating, to be honest, but I’m glad you joined nonetheless 🙂 Trunklayer-san, I kinda feel that Trunklayer-trap worked as intended… > [@Kakapo](#): > > Of course, you can read from **whatever source you like** : video gaming websites, traditional newspapers, orange cat 🐈 picture magazines… ---
**Author:** ![Kakapo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kakapo/32/284603_2.png) [@Kakapo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kakapo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/10 "2021-05-24T14:09:11Z")
Thanks for asking! What exhausts me is fetching on/kunyomi from the bottom of my brain, as well as checking the readings/meanings of words I’m not sure about. I usually don’t pay attention to kanjis I haven’t studied so far. So that’s really about a lack of practice 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TofuguJenny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tofugujenny/32/289388_2.png) [@TofuguJenny](https://community.wanikani.com/u/TofuguJenny)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/11 "2021-05-24T18:50:47Z")
Let me ask the [@mods](https://community.wanikani.com/groups/mods) to do that! 🙇‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![trunklayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/trunklayer/32/729917_2.png) [@trunklayer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/trunklayer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/12 "2021-05-24T19:59:33Z")
Oh, btw, and I forgot to mention, I’ve read today’s 4 news. I liked the one about the balerine best. It’s always great to see when someone manages to make their lifelong dream into reality! ---
**Author:** ![RachelG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rachelg/32/360046_2.png) [@RachelG](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RachelG)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/13 "2021-05-24T20:19:43Z")
It’s a wiki now! ---
**Author:** ![PhantomWraith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/phantomwraith/32/395694_2.png) [@PhantomWraith](https://community.wanikani.com/u/PhantomWraith)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/14 "2021-05-24T20:48:06Z")
I would like to eventually do this (I read a decent number of news articles a day in English), but I think I probably need to a wait a bit more since I just hit lvl 13 on WK and am not quite finished with Genki I yet. At what point should I start trying to do NHK Easy? ---
**Author:** ![trunklayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/trunklayer/32/729917_2.png) [@trunklayer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/trunklayer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/15 "2021-05-24T21:20:29Z")
Well, I started reading NHK Easy News when I was somehwre on level 15 - 20. It looked overwhelming at first, because it’s all-Japanese, no English, but once I overcame the first impression, I found out that I could actually read quite a lot. So, I think you should start reading soon. At the very least you’d be able to get the general idea of the article. I usually read each article 3 times - first I just read through it, skipping through anything I don’t understand, then I read it more thoroughly, looking up the Japanese definitions of all the underlined words and, in some cases, looking up some words on [jisho.org](http://jisho.org) (had to consult [jisho.org](http://jisho.org) quite often at first, but nowadays I need this much less often). Finally I turn off the furinaga and listen to the audioversion while simultaneously reading the text for the third time. ---
**Author:** ![PhantomWraith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/phantomwraith/32/395694_2.png) [@PhantomWraith](https://community.wanikani.com/u/PhantomWraith)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/16 "2021-05-24T21:25:04Z")
Thanks. How much grammar do you need to know (as I am still at a sub-N5 level on that)? I know the kanji used in NHK Easy are more ‘basic’ (for the lack of a better term) than the ones in typical newspapers, but how about the vocab? ---
**Author:** ![trunklayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/trunklayer/32/729917_2.png) [@trunklayer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/trunklayer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/17 "2021-05-24T21:25:42Z")
Well, usually they use only the basic grammar, so, nothing too complicated. As for the vocab - well, I often find new vocab there, but in many cases it’s underlined so I can simply hover the mouse over it and read the Japanese definition. In many cases it is clear enough so I don’t even need to check with [jisho.org](http://jisho.org). Btw, these underlined words are very useful. I recommend always hovering over them even if you already know the word, because it’s good practice to read the Japanese definition. ---
**Author:** ![I-am-ice-cream](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/i-am-ice-cream/32/491926_2.png) [@I-am-ice-cream](https://community.wanikani.com/u/I-am-ice-cream)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/18 "2021-05-24T21:28:59Z")
My grammar’s failry rusty, but Wanikani helped me in reading this without relying too heavily on furigana. > **[NEWS WEB EASY|沖縄県で緊急事態宣言　酒を出す店に休むように言う](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10013047421000/k10013047421000.html)** > > 沖縄県では新しいコロナウイルスが広がっているため、5月23日から6月20日まで緊急事態宣言が出ています。 > 県は、酒を出す居酒屋やレストランな... [緊急時代宣言] is probably the most difficult word here, though it seems the article is about how the pandemic has affected bars [居酒屋] and restuarants in the Okinawa prefecture. People aren’t really ordering as much alcohol, though I suppose that’d make sense. Here’s hopin’ I cam keep this up. ---
**Author:** ![trunklayer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/trunklayer/32/729917_2.png) [@trunklayer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/trunklayer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/19 "2021-05-24T21:30:40Z")
> [@I-am-ice-cream](#): > > People aren’t really ordering as much alcohol, though I suppose that’d make sense. Yeah, but more precisely, the restaurants are being told to close because drinking alcohol together in large groups at evenings - is a sure way to spread the pandemic… And yeah, I remember how when I first saw 緊急事態宣言 last year… However, I got used to it very soon 😅 Effectively, it is a combination of 緊急、事態 and 宣言、two of which are taught on WK. > [@I-am-ice-cream](#): > > Here’s hopin’ I cam keep this up. Yes, you can! If even such a clumsy cat as meowself can - then so can you! 🐈 ---
**Author:** ![I-am-ice-cream](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/i-am-ice-cream/32/491926_2.png) [@I-am-ice-cream](https://community.wanikani.com/u/I-am-ice-cream)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570/20 "2021-05-24T21:35:25Z")
Ah, I see… Hopefully things’ll improve over the coming months. > [@trunklayer](#): > > And yeah, I remember how when I first saw 緊急事態宣言 last year… However, I got used to it very soon 😅 > Effectively, it is a combination of 緊急、事態 and 宣言、two of which are taught on WK. Heh, I can imagine. Emergency/situation/decleration (緊急・時代・宣言) - That’s a pretty handy way of breaking it down, thanks! [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-news-reading-challenge/51570.md?page=2)