NHK WORLD-JAPAN

NHK (JAPAN BROADCASTING CORP.)

About this app

NHK WORLD-JAPAN provides the latest information on Japan and Asia through television, radio and online to a global audience.
It is the international service of Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.

[Features]
- 19 languages available
Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

- Latest news on Japan and Asia
- Push notification of emergency information on earthquakes and tsunami *English, Chinese, Portuguese and Vietnamese
- Live streaming of 24/7 English TV channel with multilingual subtitles by AI translation
- Multilingual video and audio programs on demand

Ratings and reviews

New version has closed captioning on by default for live broadcast with no apparent way to turn it off. Please add a switch to settings. Thanks. Also, captioning is way behind video which makes it that much more disruptive and annoying. When I switch to view NHK live broadcast in browser, it is OK. No closed captioning in browser view. Just a problem in the Android app.

* EACH time I start the app, it asks which language am I using. It never remembers even though I click on the save button. * The NHK app CAN NOT be opened in Multi-Window mode, so you can't watch NHK while using any another app! * While playing the live news in portrait mode, the video fails to remain on-screen as you scroll the tv guide below. * Pausing live tv mode doesn't resume the live show from that point, so you miss what was in between.

I absolutely love NHK news and their shows. However, since their update a few months ago, I'm unable to cast to my TV via Chromcast, which is so unfortunate. I would be watching so much more if I was still able to cast. My initial review before the change would be absolutely 5 stars. But since the update, I can only give 2. I can't watch as often, because without the chromecast feature, my battery on my phone drains substantially faster than with casting. Please fix so we can cast again!

What's new

Watch NHK WORLD-JAPAN on your AndroidTV.
NHK WORLD-JAPAN is the international service of Japan's public media organization NHK.
This app provides you with NHK WORLD-JAPAN's news and a variety of programs via live, 24 hours a day.
Many of the programs are also available as video on-demand , except for some programs due to reasons of copyright.
The video quality depends on your communication environment. The app will adjust connection speed automatically.