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Big Take Asia

Big Take Asia

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We’re taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloomberg’s Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the markets, tycoons and businesses that drive the ever-shifting region.

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  • China’s Tech Grip Threatens India’s Manufacturing Ambitions
    Apr 21 2026

    India wants to become a manufacturing powerhouse to rival China — but its reliance on the Chinese supply chain for things like batteries and semiconductors makes for a complex and exceedingly difficult puzzle to untangle.

    On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host Oanh Ha and Bloomberg’s Alisha Sachdev on how corporate India is struggling to navigate this unique geopolitical landscape.

    Read more: China’s Control Over Tech Is Threatening India’s Manufacturing Dreams

    Further listening: Asia Is Bearing the Brunt of the Iran War Energy Crisis

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    Hosted by Oanh Ha; Produced by Yang Yang; Reported by Alisha Sachdev; Edited by Patrick Hirsch; Fact-checking by Eleanor Harrison-Dengate; Engineering by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

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    19 mins
  • How Hormuz Closure Could Squeeze Asia’s Staple Crop
    Apr 14 2026

    With the war in Iran creating a shortage of the fuel and fertilizer that farmers across Asia need to plant and harvest rice, many smallholders are seeking alternative supplies or pondering whether to plant at all.

    On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, agriculture reporter Hallie Gu tells host K. Oanh Ha what the bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz means for rice farmers from Cambodia to India — and how the fate of the region’s staple crop shapes its economy and politics.

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    19 mins
  • BONUS: ユニクロ・柳井正氏を直撃、アメリカ内陸部への執念と後継者
    Apr 8 2026

    日本のアパレル王者、ユニクロ。アジアや米国の沿岸部で成功を収めた同社が、今まさに挑もうとしているのが、ブランド認知がまだ低い「フライオーバー・カントリー(内陸部)」と呼ばれる広大なエリアです。ここを制覇することは、創業者の柳井正氏にとってグローバルNo.1への「最後の難関」を意味します。

    今回のエピソードでは、テキサス州ダラスの店舗取材に加え、銀座の旗艦店で柳井氏の買い物に同行した様子を披露。柳井氏本人のインタビュー音声を交え、なぜこのエリアを攻略しようとしているのか、そしてなぜ経営の第一線に留まり続けるのか、その真意に迫ります。

    関連記事:ユニクロ柳井正、不屈の野心-米国攻略に向けた成長戦略の真髄「売上3兆円はいける」

    ユニクロの東京旗艦店を柳井氏と歩く「買う立場で考える、全部」−世界26市場を支える経営哲学

    制作・ホスト: 野上英文、 取材:リード・スティーブンソン 、編集:岩井春翔 、ファクトチェック:香月夏子 、サウンドデザイン・エンジニア: 安澤隆比古 、シニアプロデューサー: Naomi Shavin、デピュティ・エグゼクティブプロデューサー: Julia Weaver、エグゼクティブプロデューサー: Nicole Beemsterboer

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    17 mins
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