Biz Stream

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;[1] it airs three times a month, on weekends, with an extra repeat on Wednesday early mornings (JST).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, the programme entered a five-week hiatus, starting 18 April 2020 and ending 23 May 2020.

[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.