''Biz Stream'' is a weekly business news programme aired on

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service

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, hosted by

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and

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. 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

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, the programme entered a five-week

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, starting 18 April 2020 and ending 23 May 2020. ''Biz Stream'' aired its 100th episode on 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. 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

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and

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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

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from the business side or an investigation on plastic waste exported to Southeast Asia. The programme is also available on online service ''NHK Huayu Shijie'', broadcast as ''Shāngyè Xìnxī Liú BIZ STREAM'' () with

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subtitles.

Personalities

Hosts

*Shaula Vogue *Raja Pradhan

Former hosts

*Phoebe Amoroso (2018-2021)

Reporters

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Experts

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, chief representative office of the

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Japan *

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, professor at the

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, CEO of

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, chief economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities *

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, head of the

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Tokyo Centre *

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, chief policy economist at

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, founder and chairman of

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, visiting fellow,

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, president of the

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(JCIF)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Biz Stream (NHK) Japanese television news shows 2018 Japanese television series debuts NHK original programming