# KankenToNews

> KankenToNews (iPhone/iPad app by Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, the.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kankentonews/id1449966937 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, the](https://appshunter.io/developer/1398138548)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 72 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2019-04-01
- Data updated: 2026-05-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kankentonews/id1449966937/reviews.md

## What is KankenToNews?

KanjiToNews is a kanji learning application developed in collaboration with the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation (日本漢字能>力検定協会), Kyoto University, and the Yomiuri Newspaper (読売新聞). You can learn Japanese kanji used in the latest news.

- The article headlines of "The Japan News" from Yomiuri Shimbun are used to build question sentences.
- In addition to the difficulty level, you can also specify the topics of interest.
- You can learn how to read and write kanji.

* An account from Google or Apple is required to use the application.

Directions:

1. Sign in using either your Google or Apple account.

2. Select your difficulty level.

3. Select your topics of interest.

4. Start a reading or a writing quiz.

After each question, the application will ask you when you learned the word in the problem.  This information is used to improve the accuracy of difficulty level of a word.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.4 — 2024-09-30

We performed server maintenance

### 2.3 — 2021-10-29

Minor bugfix

### 2.2 — 2021-02-25

Date of articles is shown.
Kanji candidates are hidden by default in writing problems.

### 2.1 — 2020-12-17

Minor bugfixes.

### 2.0 — 2020-03-25

- インターフェースの改良
- 履歴機能の追加
- 漢字認識アルゴリズムの調整
- メッセージなどの英語対応

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