Biz Stream is a weekly business news programme aired on NHK's international broadcasting service NHK World-Japan, hosted by Shaula Vogue and Raja Pradhan. It premiered 7 April 2018;[1] it airs three times a month, on weekends, with an extra repeat on Wednesday early mornings (JST).
| Biz Stream | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Shaula Vogue Raja Pradhan |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 102 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Running time |
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| Production companies | NHK, Telecom Staff[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK World-Japan |
| Release | April 7, 2018[1] – present |
The programme usually enters hiatus from late April to early May (Golden Week), in late summer, and from mid-December to mid-January. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, the programme entered a five-week hiatus, starting 18 April 2020 and ending 23 May 2020.[3]
Biz Stream aired its 100th episode on 15 May 2021.[4]
Format
editBiz Stream is an "upbeat business programme" dealing with the top business stories and "the latest innovations" from Japan and elsewhere.[5] Every episode includes analysis by an expert guest and starts with a review of the main business headlines of the week.
The main segments are:
- In Depth deals with a business story out of the headlines reviewed at the start of the show.
- On-Site Report features a story of an issue affecting the Japanese or Asia-Pacific business community or their economy, and the way companies deal with it.
- World Perspective is a report from outside Japan, mostly from the Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia regions.
- Global Trends is a feature about sustainable, innovative products and entrepreneurship.
Occasionally, there are special episodes dealing only with one issue, such as a review of the Heisei era from the business side[6] or an investigation on plastic waste exported to Southeast Asia.[7]
The programme is also available on online service NHK Huayu Shijie, broadcast as Shāngyè Xìnxī Liú BIZ STREAM (simplified Chinese: 商业信息流 BIZ STREAM; traditional Chinese: 商業信息流 BIZ STREAM) with Simplified Chinese subtitles.[8]
Personalities
editHosts
edit- Shaula Vogue
- Raja Pradhan
Former hosts
edit- Phoebe Amoroso (2018-2021)
Reporters
editExperts
edit- Makiko Eda, chief representative office of the World Economic Forum Japan
- Akie Iriyama, professor at the Waseda Business School
- Joseph Kraft, CEO of Rorschach Advisory
- Lee Chiwoong, chief economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities
- Yumiko Murakami, head of the OECD Tokyo Centre
- Martin Schulz, chief policy economist at Fujitsu
- Ken Shibusawa, founder and chairman of Commons Asset Management
- Jonathan Soble, visiting fellow, Asia Pacific Initiative
- Rintaro Tamaki, president of the Japan Center for International Finance (JCIF)
References
edit- ^ a b "NHKワールド JAPAN『Biz Stream』". Office R (in Japanese). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "WORKS-BIZ STREAM". Telecom Staff Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Saving Performing Arts from COVID-19". NHK World-Japan. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Adapting for Survival - Biz Stream". NHK World-Japan. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Biz Stream - Episodes on demand". NHK World-Japan. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Looking Back at Heisei Era -- And Ahead". NHK World-Japan. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Plastic Wasteland in Southeast Asia". NHK World-Japan. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "商业信息流 BIZ STREAM - On Demand". NHK World-Japan (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 April 2020.