I’m not if you get this channel, it’s a Japanese broadcasting channel called NHK World and although it’s a news channel, most of the programmes are to do with music, fashion, food, travel, culture, etc. There’s also a programme called Nihongo Quick Lesson’ that teaches you new words every day.

You can go to the NHK World website [http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/] and click on the various links to watch the programmes online. Or you can go on [http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/] and try typing in the names of some NHK programmes and download them (torrents).
You could also watch Japanese dramas on D-Addicts, that’s how I learnt most of my Japanese.

Hope that helps ^^.

I have some tips for Dan and others about immersion with lots of listening.
Basically I watch a lot of anime, dramas and movies in Japanese. I also listen to Japanese music and radio almost daily while surfing the web, learning Japanese etc. I have found listening to Japanese music everyday really does help. I sometimes even read the lyrics in Japanese and English and I can now sometimes understand random sentences in Japanese.
I have found it’s not enough to just watch TV in Japanese. You have to basically live like the Japanese. Listen to Japanese music, watch Japanese movies and even read children’s books.

I really hope this tip helps other people because it’s certainly helped me

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