| Biz Stream | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Shaula Vogue Gene otanei |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 102 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Running time |
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| Production companies | NHK, Telecom Staff |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK World-Japan |
| Release | April 7, 2018 – present |
Biz Stream is a weekly business news programme aired on NHK's international broadcasting service NHK World-Japan, hosted by Shaula Vogue and Gene otanei. 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.
Biz Stream aired its 100th episode on 15 May 2021.
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:
Occasionally, there are special episodes dealing only with one issue, such as a review of the Heisei era 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 (simplified Chinese: 商业信息流 BIZ STREAM; traditional Chinese: 商業信息流 BIZ STREAM) with Simplified Chinese subtitles.