# NHK News Web Easy > NHK News Web Easy’s fit as free, furigana-supported news with audio for beginner and early intermediate readers. Canonical: https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/nhk-news-web-easy Last updated: 2026-08-13 NHK News Web Easy publishes simplified Japanese news with furigana, vocabulary help, and audio. It is a daily reading habit, not a course. Published: 2026-08-13 4 min read beginner · intermediate · free · easy · Reading · Listening · Web [Visit NHK News Web Easy](https://studyjapanese101.com/go/nhkeasy) ## Key facts | Fact | Details | | --- | --- | | Best for | Daily short reading practice | | Avoid if | You want fiction or graded readers | | Pricing | Free | | Platform | Web | | Ease of use | easy | ## Pros - Daily short reading practice - Learners who want furigana and audio - People who need free, current Japanese ## Cons - You want fiction or graded readers - You need teacher notes on every sentence - You are not ready for news topics NHK News Web Easy is a free NHK site that rewrites news for easier reading. [awesome-japanese](https://github.com/yudataguy/awesome-japanese) lists it under beginner reading. Articles include furigana, vocabulary support, and audio. ## What job it does It gives you a short, current Japanese text you can finish in one sitting. That is useful after textbooks, when you need real pages without jumping to novels. ## Limits The writing is simplified news, not conversation or literature. Topics repeat. It will not teach grammar from zero. Pair it with a grammar source and, when lookups get slow, [Yomitan](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/yomitan). ## How to test it Read one article with audio, then retell two facts in English. If you can do that without burning twenty minutes on lookups, the level fits. ## Sources checked Product details can change. Evidence pages and their individual check dates appear below. Profile reviewed 2026-08-13. - [NHK News Web Easy](https://news.web.nhk/news/easy/) - official product · checked 2026-08-28 · Official product page used for the public description, platform, and current offering. ## Alternative tools - [Gravity](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/gravity) - Japanese media, synced transcripts, and review tied to the original scene. - [Hirogaru](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/hirogaru) - Free A1-A2 Japan Foundation site with interest-topic articles, videos, and kanji practice. - [Immersion Kit](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/immersion-kit) - Search Japanese words in anime and drama subtitle lines. ## Related - [Japanese reading resources](https://studyjapanese101.com/resources/reading) - Reading improves when the text is finishable. Choose the amount of help, not the longest library. - [Free Japanese Learning Resources: Build a Study Routine](https://studyjapanese101.com/best/free-japanese-learning-resources) - A complete free stack can start with Irodori for sequence, Tae Kim for explanation, Jisho for lookup, Renshuu for optional review, Tadoku for reading, and Nihongo con Teppei for audio. You do not need all six on day one. - [Best Kanji Learning Apps and Methods for Japanese, Compared](https://studyjapanese101.com/best/japanese-kanji-learning-apps) - Use one path. Choose WaniKani for managed order, Kanji Study or Skritter for writing, KLC or RTK for a book method, or Yomitan plus easy reading for a reading-first route. - [Japanese reading resources for beginners](https://studyjapanese101.com/best/japanese-reading-resources-for-beginners) - There is no useful overall winner. Pick a finishable source for the job you have: graded books, annotated text, or a native title. This is not a ranked top five. - [How to read Japanese before you feel ready](https://studyjapanese101.com/blog/read-japanese-before-you-feel-ready) - Waiting until you know enough kanji is how adults never start. Pick a source you can finish, then look up less than you want to. - [How to combine a textbook, SRS, reading, and listening](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/how-to-combine-a-textbook-srs-reading-and-listening) - Four jobs, one week. The textbook sequences. SRS remembers. Reading and listening give the language somewhere to live. None of them should become a second course.