NHK News Web Easier is a website targeted at
people wishing to learn Japanese. We provide content in the form of text, voice
and video to practice written and oral comprehension.
NHK refers to
日本放送協会
(literally Japan Broadasting Corporation), Japan's public
broadcasting company. NHK News
Web is NHK's website for local Japanese news. News Web
Easy is a simplified version target for
Japanese children. It uses simpler words, kanji and sentence structures, and
provides readings for all kanjis in the form of furigana
(振り仮名).
NHK News Web Easier regroup content from NHK News
Web Easy for a non-Japanese audience, and includes some additional features
which are useful for language learners:
- to partially (show on mouse hover) or fully disable furigana
- quick access to words and expressions translation
- voice and video served by HTML5 (no Flash player needed)
- valid RSS feed to use in your news aggregator
NHK News Web Easier is not affiliated
with NHK.