The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony at one point at 8:25 p.m., 8:26 p.m. and 8:47 p.m. reached 61.0%, and came close to reaching the 1964 Tokyo Olympics 61.2% audience rating.
The average household audience rating of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony broadcast on NHK on the night of July 23 was 56.4% according to Video Research Survey, Kanto Area.