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Best Japanese podcasts for JLPT N1

By Mariano Matayoshi · building Wakatta, still learning Japanese

N1 is native immersion — real podcasts made for Japanese people, plus a couple aimed at advanced learners. Here is every N1 show in Wakatta.

At N1 you’re listening to the real thing — mostly native shows made for Japanese speakers. Every show here has a full guide: open it and lean on the transcript and tap-to-look-up.

Every show at this level

• Café Radio (カフェラジオ) · あらかんカフェ
• Fumiko's Japanese for Advanced Learners · Fumiko Nishimura
• ことのは — 日本語の会話 · Conversation
• COTEN RADIO · History
• ゆとりっ娘たちのたわごと · Chat
• backspace.fm · Tech
• Rebuild · Tech
• NHKラジオニュース · News
• ながら日経 · Business news
• 問わず語りの神田伯山 · Rakugo / talk

Browse by level: N5 · N4 · N3 · N2 · N1

Read along in Wakatta

Wakatta turns real Japanese podcasts into tappable transcripts — tap any word for its reading and meaning, and review what you save with the original audio.