Biz Stream
Biz Stream | |
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Presented by | Shaula Vogue |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 102 (as of 5 June 2021) |
Production | |
Production locations | NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
Running time |
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Production companies | NHK, Telecom Staff[1] |
Release | |
Original network | NHK World-Japan |
Picture format | |
Original release | April 7, 2018[2] – present |
External links | |
Website |
Biz Stream is a weekly business news programme aired on NHK's international broadcasting service NHK World-Japan, hosted by Shaula Vogue and . It premiered 7 April 2018;[2] it airs three times a month, on weekends, with an extra repeat on Wednesday early mornings (JST).
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[]
- , chief representative office of the World Economic Forum Japan
- , professor at the Waseda Business School
- , CEO of
- , chief economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities
- , head of the OECD
- , chief policy economist at Fujitsu
- , founder and chairman of
- , visiting fellow,
- , president of the (JCIF)
References[]
- ^ "WORKS-BIZ STREAM". Telecom Staff Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ a b "NHKワールド JAPAN『Biz Stream』". Office R (in Japanese). 6 March 2018. Retrieved 12 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.
External links[]
- Japanese television news shows
- 2018 Japanese television series debuts
- NHK original programming