diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/nhk.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/nhk.py
index d2cbc9f54..45bc4d85e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/nhk.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/nhk.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 
 
 class NhkVodIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www3\.nhk\.or\.jp/nhkworld/(?P<lang>[a-z]{2})/ondemand/(?P<type>video|audio)/(?P<id>\d{7}|[a-z]+-\d{8}-\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www3\.nhk\.or\.jp/nhkworld/(?P<lang>[a-z]{2})/ondemand/(?P<type>video|audio)/(?P<id>\d{7}|[^/]+?-\d{8}-\d+)'
     # Content available only for a limited period of time. Visit
     # https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/ for working samples.
     _TESTS = [{
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class NhkVodIE(InfoExtractor):
     }, {
         'url': 'https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/fr/ondemand/audio/plugin-20190404-1/',
         'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/audio/j_art-20150903-1/',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }]
     _API_URL_TEMPLATE = 'https://api.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/%sod%slist/v7a/episode/%s/%s/all%s.json'