Just bought a subscription to Nord VPN only to find out that Japanese Netflix no longer works very well if at all.
Are there any other ways to utilize a VPN for Japanese studies? What are your methods?
Just use soft ether it’s free and works with Netflix. Just sort by new and connect til one works
We are in the US and just made a Japanese profile and set the languages to Japanese and lots to see.
NordVPN works, you’ll have to find the right servers. You can also try other asian countries (Korea and Vietnam worked well) because they also offer a wide variety of Japanese shows with dubs and subs.
There are VPNs that work with Netflix, but Nord isn’t one of them (anymore). They’ve really been cracking down on this sort of thing.
This rarely doesn’t work, try deleting your cookies/cache (back to basics lol) hopefully that works for you!
On netflix, go to your profile settings and change it to Japanese.
No VPN required.
All the Netfix Originals (Just the Netflix originals) will have the option for Japanese dubs and subs.
Be aware though that if the original language of what you’re watching ISN’T Japanese, then the subtitles will closely match the original dialogue, and the Japanese dub will be slightly different from that to match lip flaps.
Just like anime dubs and subs are different and the subs are closer to the original Japanese.
Sorry this is a bit late but if you go on Google and search (this only works on desktops not mobile) Netflix language learning it should take you to a the chrome extension page and download the extension and it allows you to change your Netflix subtitles to Japanese/whatever language you can even adjust the subtitles to show translation, romaji, hiragana it katakana it’s very helpful and works with YouTube videos as well
NordVPN stopped working for me too, so I switched over to NetflixVpn.com which uses residential ips. It looks super sketchy and you have to enter the vpn settings manually, but it works and only $5 a month.
Pay with PayPal or a credit card if possible to be safe
I actually cancelled my Netflix subscription a few months ago because they were actively blocking vpns. I tried torgaurd’s streaming ip, Nord and windscribe’s winflix service. Nord kind of worked but took up to twenty minutes to find a vpn that worked which would be blocked within several hours. If you have any tips please do share as I loved using japanese Netflix
I have a student Amazon prime membership through Amazon Japan for only ¥250/month. It works well with Nord VPN and it’s A LOT cheaper than Netflix. If you don’t have a student ID then it is only ¥500/month Also, Netflix still works with Nord VPN for me.
Another option is going to Youtube Japan.
Hope that helps!
I just used Softether + VPNGate. It’s free and gets around Region Locks, but is not ideal for illegal activities like Pirating, or anything that requires fast speeds like downloading.
soft ether doesn’t seem to work for me 
This is what I’ve been using for years now
It depends on the server there’s a lot that work you just have to find them and when they get blocked switch to a newer one that isn’t blocked
That or you can find countries with large Japanese speaking populations and connect there. I used to use French Netflix because of the large amount of anime with j subs