| Biz Stream | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Shaula Vogue Raja Pradhan |
| 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] |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK World-Japan |
| Release | April 7, 2018[2] – 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;[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]
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 (simplified Chinese: 商业信息流 BIZ STREAM; traditional Chinese: 商業信息流 BIZ STREAM) with Simplified Chinese subtitles.[8]