Biz Stream - Season 7 / Year 2024

Season 7 / Year 2024
Episodes

Danger-Free Dining
[On-Site Report: Danger-Free Dining]
This episode features a restaurant where people with food allergies can enjoy a variety of dishes without worrying about the ingredients and "safe sushi" made specifically for pregnant women.

Supporting Parents with Baby Tech
[On-Site Report: Supporting Parents with Baby Tech]
Featuring an AI-based baby interpreter and a day care system that can quickly accept and care for sick children, this episode shows how technology is making life easier for parents of young children.

Fostering Japan's Future Business Leaders
[On-Site Report: Fostering Japan's Future Business Leaders]
This episode features high school students participating in a national entrepreneurship competition and gives an up-close look at some of the most unique ideas and the inspirations behind them.

Dealing with Damage-Causing Wildlife
[On-Site Report: Dealing with Damage-Causing Wildlife]
This episode features a security service company that helps farmers deal with damage-causing wildlife and a business that chases crows away with specially developed audio recordings.

Choosing Japan as a Business Home - Viacheslav Surovyi
[On-Site Report: Choosing Japan as a Business Home - Viacheslav Surovyi]
A Ukrainian entrepreneur has created an online proxy-shopping service that allows foreign shoppers simple and affordable access to a variety of products from Japan.

Disaster Response Technology
[On-Site Report: Disaster Response Technology]
This episode features an emergency information verification service and a cutting edge fire suppression product that can be installed almost anywhere.

Growing Space Industry Offers Economic Boost
On-Site Report: Growing Space Industry Offers Economic Boost]
This episode features a miniature moon-going robot developed by a toy manufacturer and a business that is using satellite data to help Japanese farmers improve their harvests.

Taking a Youthful Approach to Eldercare
[On-Site Report: Taking a Youthful Approach to Eldercare]
This episode features unique business models designed to draw young people into eldercare, while also offering elderly people refreshing takes on standard care practices.

Taking Pride in Printed Books
[On-Site Report: Taking Pride in Printed Books]
In the age of digitalization, this episode focuses on businesses that are based around producing and selling physical books.

Looking to the Future with Eyewear Tech
[On-Site Report: Looking to the Future with Eyewear Tech]
This episode looks at how combining technology with eyewear can make daily life easier for people with and without visual impairments.

Choosing Japan as a Business Home - Sun Xiaojun
[On-Site Report: Choosing Japan as a Business Home - Sun Xiaojun]
This week's episode features engineer and entrepreneur Sun Xiaojun, who decided to stay in Japan after earning his PhD to start his own robotic prosthetic company.

Bringing Freedom to Housing
[On-Site Report: Bringing Freedom to Housing]
From 3D printing to software-managed off-grid living, this episode features companies that are providing flexibility and freedom in where and how people can live.

Pencils with a Point
[On-Site Report: Pencils with a Point]
This episode features a mechanical pencil that captures the feel of a wooden pencil and an electronic device for children that attaches to their pencils and turns study time into a game.

Rediscovering the BeauTEA of Japanese "Cha"
[On-Site Report: Rediscovering the BeauTEA of Japanese "Cha"]
This episode features businesses that are introducing new goods and services to help bring back the popularity of high-quality Japanese green tea.

Making Forestry More User-Friendly
[On-Site Report: Making Forestry More User-Friendly]
This episode features a tool designed to offer a simple and safe way to remove timber from steep slopes and a company that is making it easier for average people to get involved in reforestation.

Fresh Ideas in Food Preservation
[On-Site Report: Fresh Ideas in Food Preservation]
This episode introduces new food preservation technologies that offer next-level performance when it comes to protecting flavor and freshness.

Soap, Suds, and Socializing
[On-Site Report: Soap, Suds, and Socializing]
This episode shows businesses that are reviving the concept of public baths as a place for people not just to clean up, but to relax, refresh and socialize.

Supporting Japan's Future Farmers
[On-Site Report: Supporting Japan's Future Farmers]
This episode features businesses that are providing education and assistance to Japanese farmers to ensure that Japan's agriculture industry is left in capable hands.

Reimagining Soy-Based Foods
[On-Site Report: Reimagining Soy-Based Foods]
This episode features Japanese companies that are finding new ways to prepare and market soy-based food products.

Choosing Japan as a Business Home - Oya Koc
[On-Site Report: Choosing Japan as a Business Home - Oya Koc]
This episode features entrepreneur Oya Koc. After living in Japan for many years, she felt the need for a short-term, human-based interpreting service to support people who aren't fluent in Japanese.

Increasing Safety for Hikers and Swimmers
[On-Site Report: Increasing Safety for Hikers and Swimmers]
This episode features services that use modern technology to help keep hikers and swimmers safe.

Community-Building Business Models
[On-Site Report: Community-Building Business Models]
This episode features Japanese companies that are helping local people to form lasting connections by bringing them together through business models that are centered on community building.

Sowing the Seeds of Business Success
[On-Site Report: Sowing the Seeds of Business Success]
This episode features businesses that are taking novel approaches to selling and caring for houseplants.

Facing the Future with Flexibility
[On-Site Report: Facing the Future with Flexibility]
This episode features Japanese companies that are applying their technology and know-how in new and creative ways in order to remain competitive.

Tradition in Transition - New Takes on Japanese Crafts
[On-Site Report: Tradition in Transition - New Takes on Japanese Crafts]
This episode focuses on new strategies being employed to make traditional Japanese crafts more appealing to a broader range of consumers.

From Useless to Priceless!
[On-Site Report: From Useless to Priceless!]
This episode features companies that have developed successful products from materials or designs they had long possessed but hadn't been using.

Finding Hearts and Homes for Abandoned Animals
[On-Site Report: Finding Hearts and Homes for Abandoned Animals]
This episode features businesses that have come up with unique ways of finding new homes for unhoused animals.

Beyond Space - Combining Storage with New Services
[On-Site Report: Beyond Space - Combining Storage with New Services]
From hotels to multi-purpose lockers, this episode features innovative storage-based business models.

Making a Comeback Through Customization
[On-Site Report: Making a Comeback Through Customization]
This episode features small and medium-sized businesses that were able to increase sales by offering consumers the option to create highly customized products.

Fashion Forward Business Models
[On-Site Report: Fashion Forward Business Models]
This episode features creative new approaches to selling apparel products in Japan.

Fighting to Keep Children Fed
[On-Site Report: Fighting to Keep Children Fed]
This episode features local businesses that have taken it upon themselves to provide food for children in need.

Restoring Faith through Community-Focused Businesses
[On-Site Report: Restoring Faith through Community-Focused Businesses]
This episode features Buddhist Temples and Shinto Shrines that are maintaining relevancy in a changing society by offering services to meet the needs of people in their communities.
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