Japanese Business Podcast Review

I have had a lot of questions about podcasts in Japanese and in particular those on business. Blogging and podcasting are huge in Japan and there are some pretty impressive resources online that any Japanese learner might be interested in checking out. Those I listen to the most are provided by Radio Nikkei (ラジオNIKKEI) and Nikkei Business Online (they have the same content, but you get more written detail on the individual podcasts from the Nikkei Business Online site). Their podcasts are extremely comprehensive and have wide-ranging topics from stock investing, tax consulting, business english lessons, interviews with business leaders, as well as weekly commentary from reporters and editors.

They do require a high-level of Japanese skills and really are recommended for advanced learners rather than beginners. But in terms of improving your comprehension and exposing yourself to business-level, relevant terms then it would be hard to beat them. One of my favorites is 日経ビジネス編集長の終わらない話 2.0 (my basic translation would be: "Nikkei Business Editor-in-Chief's Neverending Story 2.0". Nikkei Business Publications Editor in Chief, Yutaka Inoue does a weekly podcast of about 45 minutes where he and Announcer, Mihoko Yakujin discuss weekly stories in depth. Inoue and Yakujin are passionate about business and opinionated as well which makes it enjoyable listening as long as you keep your dictionary handy :-).