The sixth episode (May 21st) of the drama series "Unsolved Cases: Metropolitan Police Department Document Investigator Season 3" (TV Asahi, Thursdays at 9pm), starring actresses Kyoka Suzuki and Yuina Kuroshima, recorded an average viewership rating of 7.6% for households and 4.3% for individuals (according to Video Research, Kanto region), making it the top-rated drama series on commercial television this season for the third consecutive week.
The viewership ratings for "Unsolved Woman" were the highest for any commercial TV drama series, with episode 4 (aired May 7th) at 7.6% for households and 4.2% for individuals, and episode 5 (aired May 14th) at 8.3% for households and 4.6% for individuals. Episode 6 also maintained high viewership ratings, achieving the remarkable feat of being the top-rated drama for three consecutive weeks.
"Unsolved Cases: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Document Investigator" is a mystery series in which detectives investigate unsolved cases using written documents as clues. It started in April 2018, and this is the third season, approximately six years later. Amid a crisis threatening the survival of the 6th Section (Document Deciphering Section) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division's "Special Investigation Task Force," the brilliant detective Narumi Risa (Suzuki) and her younger superior, the new section chief Mutsu Hinako (Kuroshima), team up as partners to tackle difficult cases.
