Biz Stream - Season 8 / Year 2025

[On-Site Report: Creative Coatings Increase Convenience and Safety]
This episode features an easily applicable paste that can dramatically bolster the resiliency of masonry walls and a treatment that makes removing heavy stains from a variety of surfaces much easier.

[On-Site Report: Riding High on New Wave of Renewable Energy Tech]
This episode focuses on advances in renewable energy and features a massive lightweight hard sail designed for cargo ships and an ultracompact micro hydropower generator.

[On-Site Report: Historic Businesses - Balancing Tradition with Evolving Tastes]
This episode features a 300-year-old sake brewery that is focused on preserving its traditions and identity while extending its reach and expanding its offerings.

[On-Site Report: Audio-Based Storytelling Makes a Comeback]
From podcasts to narrated tours, this episode features companies that are using audio experiences to elevate their entertainment offerings.

[On-Site Report: Capitalizing on the Skills of Well-Seasoned Workers]
This episode features businesses that are encouraging people to continue working as long as they feel they can put their skills and experience to good use.

[On-Site Report: Delicate Demolition]
This episode features clever energy-efficient demolition methods that drastically reduce CO2 emissions.

[On-Site Report: Island Inspired Innovations]
This episode introduces technological innovations designed to deal with issues facing some of Japan's remote islands.

[On-Site Report: Seeing Is More than Believing]
This episode features companies that have implemented visual-based tools for employees to increase communication and performance.
 

[On-Site Report: Opening Doors for Japan's Reclusive Hikikomori]
This episode features business models designed to help Japan's hikikomori (individuals who have withdrawn from society) to socialize, learn, and even find employment.

[On-Site Report: Redefining Recommerce - Fresh Ways of Selling Used Clothes]
This episode features new business models that are putting a new spin on selling secondhand and vintage clothing.
 

[On-Site Report: Historic Businesses - A MetalMorphosis in Sand Casting]
This episode features a 300-year-old Japanese sand casting manufacturer that has faced centuries of challenge and change.

[On-Site Report: Bug-Based Business Ideas Take Flight]
From mushroom waste-eating beetles to an anti-reflective film based on the properties of a moth's eye, this episode features insect-inspired business ideas.

[On-Site Report: Chemical-Free, Farmer-Friendly Agritech]
This episode features innovative agricultural technology that is helping farmers to raise healthy crops while reducing reliance on pesticides.

[On-Site Report: 'Swiping Left' on Standard Dating]
This episode focuses on matchmaking services that employ out-of-the-ordinary methods to help people find a partner.

[On-Site Report: A Tour Less Traveled]
This episode shows how services offering immersive cultural experiences are helping attract travelers to lesser-known towns and cities in Japan.

[On-Site Report: Sweltering Summers Inspire New Products]
This episode features new products that were developed in response to Japan's intense summer heat.
 

[On-Site Report: Fin-tastic Developments in Fish Farming]
This episode introduces two aquaculture companies that have turned to new types of fish to overcome challenges in their quest for sustainable seafood production.

[On-Site Report - The Wisdom Economy: Matching Know-How with Needs]
This episode introduces companies that are helping experienced workers to find new ways of making use of the knowledge they possess.

[On-Site Report - Lost & Found: Capitalizing on Forgotten Items]
This episode features a business that digitalizes lost and found services for railways and shopping malls, and another that specializes in selling lost items that go unclaimed.

[On-Site Report: A Recipe for Succession]
From finding business successors to preserving prized recipes, this episode focuses on ensuring the survival of companies and products that are at risk of disappearing.

[On-Site Report: Looking through Digital AIs]
This episode features services that are using image recognition technology to make a positive impact on our daily lives.
 

[On-Site Report: Making Measurement Easy]
This episode features services that are using image recognition technology to make a positive impact on our daily lives.

[On-Site Report: Clever Applications Materialize in Textiles]
Amidst fierce competition, Japanese textile makers are now shifting focus and applying their cutting-edge techniques to enter new fields such as construction and healthcare.

[On-Site Report - Historic Businesses: Savoring the Soy of Success]
This episode features a local soy sauce brewery that has developed a novel product that is helping it to gain new customers.

[On-Site Report: Tackling Wood Waste]
Japan possesses large amounts of usable forestland. This episode focuses on business initiatives that are trying to increase the use of Japanese timber and wood waste.

[On-Site Report: Inspecting the World Within]
This episode features remotely operated vehicles with unique designs that were engineered to inspect difficult to access spaces.

[On-Site Report: Shoring Up Short-Handed Kitchens]
This episode features new services and cooking equipment designed to help restaurants in Japan overcome a deepening labor shortage.

[On-Site Report: Giving a Spark to the Power Grid]
This episode features strategies to maintain Japan's power grid. One company is trying to attract climbers, and another has turned checking on power poles into a mobile game for local residents.

[On-Site Report: Historic Company Inkorporates Diversification]
This episode features a century-old stamp maker that is now applying its experience and technologies to a range of different industries.