TV viewership for Olympics opening ceremony 56% in Tokyo area

TV viewership for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics averaged 56.4 percent in the capital and its surrounding areas, the highest for the event since the previous Tokyo Olympics in 1964, an audience ratings firm said Monday.Video Research Ltd. said the preliminary rating for public broadcaster NHK's live broadcast on Friday in the Kanto region in eastern Japan eclipsed the 47.9 percent for the 1984 Los Angeles Games and drew near the all-time high of 61.2 percent for the previous Tokyo Games.The solid rating came despite mixed attitudes in the lead-up to the Olympics and Paralympics …READ FULL ARTICLE