Biz Stream

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;[2] it airs three times a month, on weekends, with an extra repeat on Wednesday early mornings (JST).

Biz Stream
Presented byShaula Vogue
Raja Pradhan
Country of originJapan
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes102 (as of 5 June 2021)
Production
Production locationsNHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Running time
  • 28 minutes
Production companiesNHK, Telecom Staff[1]
Release
Original networkNHK World-Japan
Original releaseApril 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)[2] –
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

Biz 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

Hosts
  • Shaula Vogue
  • Raja Pradhan

Former hosts
  • Phoebe Amoroso (2018-2021)

Reporters

Experts
  • 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
  1. "WORKS-BIZ STREAM". Telecom Staff Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. "NHKワールド JAPAN『Biz Stream』". Office R (in Japanese). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. "Saving Performing Arts from COVID-19". NHK World-Japan. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. "Adapting for Survival - Biz Stream". NHK World-Japan. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  5. "Biz Stream - Episodes on demand". NHK World-Japan. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. "Looking Back at Heisei Era -- And Ahead". NHK World-Japan. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. "Plastic Wasteland in Southeast Asia". NHK World-Japan. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. "商业信息流 BIZ STREAM - On Demand". NHK World-Japan (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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