NHK for School

NHK (JAPAN BROADCASTING CORP.)

About this app

This is the official Android app to access “NHK for School”, the educational video service for schools offered by NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation).

You can easily watch about 9000 educational videos in various subjects including Japanese, math, science, social studies, English, physical education, music, and more.

* Some of the videos are distributed only in Japan.

[Functions]
■ Recommend:
We recommend videos based on your school years, favorite subjects or programs of interest.
After you have watched videos, please choose any of the six impression buttons.

■ Series:
You can easily find what you want to watch from the list of program series.

■ Playlists:
You can make your own playlist and switch the order of the videos. You can also share your playlists with your friends and teachers.

[Caution]
To use the app, internet connection is required.

Ratings and reviews

For the English only crowd, this is what kids watch in Japan. This is the educational programming in Japan. An excellent resource to study Japanese with.

I find it very useful on learning japanese language, and it is making me read faster than ever!

The NHK World app supports Chromecast. This app doesn't. Please add Chromecast support.

What's new

Ver.1.6.0 Update Details
*Search algorithm changed.

Request For Update
*In future, versions prior to Ver1.5.0 will not work properly or will no longer be available, so please upgrade to Ver1.6.0.