Direct Talk

Mitsuhiro Iwamoto lost his sight at the age of 16.

Fisheries scientist Shigeharu Senoo was the first to successfully cultivate Tiger GG.

Singaporean scientist Sun Xiaolong researches safe treatment of incineration bottom ash and industrial wastewater.

Direct Talk is an in-depth interview program featuring business executives or persons in the news who share their insights, information and analysis.

Malaysian historian Clement Liang was born and raised in Penang's George Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage in 2008.

Direct and in-depth. Interviews exploring the minds and motivations of the leaders, visionaries, artists and entrepreneurs who are changing our world.

Direct and in-depth. Interviews exploring the minds and motivations of the leaders, visionaries, artists and entrepreneurs who are changing our world.

Minerva School founder Ben Nelson's innovation approach to learning is fundamentally changing the way we educate college students with a combination of technology and life experience.

Direct Talk is an in-depth interview program featuring business executives or persons in the news who share their insights, information and analysis.

In 2015, pediatrician Kazuko Kumon opened a facility in Kenya that offers individualized care and attention to children with disabilities.

Masashi Hirao is a craftsman who cultivates bonsai-ornamental trees and shrubs grown in pots.

Franchesca Cubillo is an aboriginal curator, creating a fair for Australia's indigenous art.

We speak with the director of "Proyecto Hombre" - an NGO providing addiction treatment, mainly for drugs, to 17,000 people per year in Spain - on the true causes and solutions for this modern disease.

Kazunori Kumagai is the first person from Asia to win a prestigious NY Dance and Performance Award-aka "Bessie" - in the Outstanding Performer category.

Professor Louise Richardson is the first woman appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in its 900-year history.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason is an award-winning cellist. In 2018, he performed at the royal wedding in Britain and became an international star.

Antonio Pappano recently became the longest-serving music director of the Royal Opera House in London.

(JIB)Direct and in-depth. Interviews exploring the minds and motivations of the leaders, visionaries, artists and entrepreneurs who are changing our world.

In China, most visually impaired people become masseuses or masseurs, but the blind Dong Lina became a verbal artist.

Yoshino Oishi is a photographer who has documented brutal conflicts around the globe, including in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Kosovo.

Leslie Kee has overcome numerous challenges to become one of the top photographers in Asia.

Hiroto Kawasaki moved to China at age 66 and succeeded in organic farming using cattle dung.