The first episode of the drama series "Okome no Onna - National Tax Agency Document Investigation Division, Miscellaneous Affairs Room" (TV Asahi, Thursdays at 9pm), starring actress Nanako Matsushima, was broadcast on January 8th, and the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 10.0% for households and 5.7% for individuals.
The drama is set in the newly established "Complex National Tax Case Processing Office (commonly known as Zakkoku)" of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau's Document Investigation Division (commonly known as Kome, because of the character for rice, which means "fee"), which boasts high information gathering capabilities and investigative skills in tax investigations. The drama follows the talented investigator Yoneda Seiko (played by Matsushima) as she, along with a group of unique individuals, takes down unscrupulous tax evaders.
In the first episode, Masako Yoneda, a skilled tax investigator, gathers a team of talented and unique individuals to create a new department, the Complex Tax Case Processing Office, to handle complicated cases. One day, she hears about Yoko Kurebayashi (Amika), who is known as the "Pension Venus" and enjoys immense support from the elderly. Masako suspects that Kurebayashi is defrauding the elderly of their retirement funds, so she infiltrates a seminar, but...
