五輪開会式の視聴率５６．４％　前回東京大会に次ぐ高さ

　２３日夜にＮＨＫ総合で中継された東京五輪の開会式の世帯平均視聴率（関東地区）は５６．４％となった。ビデオリサーチ（東京都）が２６日発表した。五輪開会式の数字としては、１９８４年のロサンゼルス五輪（４７．９％）を上回り、６４年の東京大会（６１．２％）に次ぐ高さ。前回（２０１６年）のリオデジャネイロ五輪は２３．６％だった。
　２２日のサッカー男子の日本対南アフリカの後半（ＮＨＫ総合）は２５．１％。高藤直寿選手が金メダルを獲得した２４日の柔道男子６０キロ級決勝（同）は２４．２％。阿部一二三選手と妹の詩選手がきょうだいで金メダルに輝いた２５日の柔道男子６６キロ級と女子５２キロ級の決勝（テレビ朝日）は２１．６％だった。（2021/07/26-12:34）

Live coverage of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday night drew an average household viewership rate of 56.4 pct in the Kanto eastern Japan region, Video Research Ltd. said Monday.
   The figure for the live broadcast by public broadcaster NHK, or Japan Broadcasting Corp., was the second highest for an Olympics opening ceremony, after the 61.2 pct for the 1964 Tokyo Games. The average TV rating for the opening ceremony of the previous 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics was 23.6 pct.
   The viewership rate for the live broadcast of the second half of a men's soccer game between Japan and South Africa on Thursday came to 25.1 pct.
   The rate stood at 24.2 pct for the coverage Saturday of the final of the men's 60-kilogram judo division, in which Japan's Naohisa Takato won the gold medal, and 21.6 pct for the broadcast Sunday of the final matches of the men's 66-kilogram division and the women's 52-kilogram division, in which Japan's Hifumi Abe and his younger sister, Uta, both claimed gold medals.