Biz Stream Explained

Presenter:Shaula Vogue
Raja Pradhan
Country:Japan
Language:English
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:102
Company:NHK, Telecom Staff[1]
Location:NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Network:NHK World-Japan
First Aired:[2]
Last Aired:present

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.[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:

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 with Simplified Chinese subtitles.[8]

Personalities

Hosts

Former hosts

Reporters

Experts

Notes and References

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