Biz Stream
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| presenter = Shaula Vogue
Raja Pradhan
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| country = Japan
| language = English
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 102
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| company = NHK, Telecom Staff{{cite web |title=WORKS-BIZ STREAM |url=https://www.telecomstaff.co.jp/works/biz-stream/ |website=Telecom Staff Inc. |accessdate=14 April 2020 |language=Japanese |date= }}
| location = NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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| runtime = {{ubl|28 minutes}}
| network = NHK World-Japan
| first_aired = {{Start date|2018|04|07}}{{cite web |title=NHKワールド JAPAN『Biz Stream』 |url=http://office-r.jp/blog/archives/738 |website=Office R |accessdate=12 April 2020 |language=Japanese |date=6 March 2018}}
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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; 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.{{cite web |title= Saving Performing Arts from COVID-19 |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/bizstream/20200523/2074070/ |website=NHK World-Japan |accessdate=20 May 2020 |date=20 May 2020}}
Biz Stream aired its 100th episode on 15 May 2021.{{cite web |title=Adapting for Survival - Biz Stream |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2074101/ |website=NHK World-Japan |access-date=8 June 2021 |date=15 May 2021}}
Format
Biz Stream is an "upbeat business programme" dealing with the top business stories and "the latest innovations" from Japan and elsewhere.{{cite web |title=Biz Stream - Episodes on demand |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/program/video/bizstream/ |website=NHK World-Japan |accessdate=12 April 2020}} 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{{cite web |title=Looking Back at Heisei Era -- And Ahead |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/bizstream/20190427/2074037/ |website=NHK World-Japan |accessdate=12 April 2020 |date=27 April 2019}} or an investigation on plastic waste exported to Southeast Asia.{{cite web |title=Plastic Wasteland in Southeast Asia |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/3004657/ |website=NHK World-Japan |accessdate=12 April 2020 |date=28 March 2020}}
The programme is also available on online service NHK Huayu Shijie, broadcast as Shāngyè Xìnxī Liú BIZ STREAM ({{zh|t=商業信息流 BIZ STREAM|s=商业信息流 BIZ STREAM|first=s}}) with Simplified Chinese subtitles.{{cite web |title=商业信息流 BIZ STREAM - On Demand |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/zh/ondemand/program/video/bizstream/?type=tvEpisode& |website=NHK World-Japan |accessdate=12 April 2020 |language=Chinese}}
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
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External links
- {{official website|https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/bizstream/}}
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Category:Japanese television news shows