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On April 3rd at 8:00 am, the latest installment of NHK's longstanding Renzoku Terebi Shōsetsu (Serialized TV Novel) franchise, titled "Anpan," was broadcasted. This episode received a rating of 15.5%. Meanwhile, two other episodes that aired on April 1st at 12:45 pm earned ratings of 5.6% and 5.3%, respectively.

The TV show is based on the real-life experiences of Takashi Yanase, the creator of Anpanman manga, and his wife Nobuo Komatsu.

On Sunday, April 6th at 4:00 p.m., Tokyo TV broadcasted a previously chosen episode from the live-action series "A Solitary Gourmet". This program received a rating of 5.6%.

In April 4th, at 9:00 p.m., NTV broadcasted the movie "Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target" which received a 7.6% rating.

The television broadcast of the live-action adaptation of Kaiji Kawaguchi 's manga, titled "Kūbo Ibuki," premiered on TV Tokyo on March 31 at 12:45 p.m., with the March 31 airing receiving a 2.1% rating and the April 3 airing earning a slightly higher rating of 2.2%.