BIZ STREAM

[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 at or near retirement age 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Reclusive Hikikomori] This episode features business models designed to help Japan's hikikomori (individuals who have withdrawn from society) to socialize, learn, and even find employment.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."