The economic news programme Watch Nikkei! News NEXT, broadcast on BS TV Tokyo from 21:00 on Monday, 12 October 2026, condenses Nikkei Group news into one hour of commentary. The programme overview and presenters are also introduced.
The programme is called Watch Nikkei! News NEXT and is broadcast on BS TV Tokyo from 21:00 to 22:00 on Monday, 12 October 2026. It is designed to condense economic information, including morning, afternoon and evening news from the Nikkei Group, into one hour of commentary.
The presenters are lead anchor Yagi Hitomi (八木ひとみ), commentator Minegishi Hiroshi (峯岸博), and Suzuki Serino (鈴木芹里乃), an editorial board member of The Nikkei and an anchor. The programme also addresses the background to current events and aims to provide explanations that are easy for viewers to understand.
The programme features a review of notable news from the Nikkei electronic edition, selected notable articles and an introduction to the access rankings, providing economic information by drawing on the full resources of the NIKKEI Group.