Japan vs Paraguay garners a 57.3 rating for TBS

Japan's round of 16 match against Paraguay on June 29th earned TBS a 57.3 rating, making it the 6th highest-rated soccer match of all-time and the 12th highest-rated TV program of all-time.

The ten highest-rated soccer matches are:

Ranking	Match	Date	Channel	Rating
1.	Japan vs. Russia	June 9, 2002	Fuji TV	66.1
2.	Germany vs. Brazil	June 30, 2002	NHK	65.6
3.	Japan vs. Croatia	June 20, 1998	NHK	60.9
4.	Japan vs. Argentina	June 14, 1998	NHK	60.5
5.	Japan vs. Belgium	June 4, 2002	NHK	58.8
6.	Japan vs. Paraguay	June 29, 2010	TBS	57.3
7.	Japan vs. Croatia	June 18, 2006	TV Asahi	52.7
8.	Japan vs. Jamaica	June 26, 1998	NHK	52.3
9.	Japan vs. Australia	June 21, 2006	NHK	49.0
10.	Japan vs. Turkey	June 18, 2002	NHK	48.5

The twenty highest-rated programs of all-time are:

Ranking	Program	Date	Channel	Rating
1.	14th Kohaku Uta Gassen	December 31, 1963	NHK	81.4
2.	Tokyo Olympics	October 23, 1964	NHK	66.8
3.	Japan vs. Russia (Soccer)	June 9, 2002	Fuji TV	66.1
4.	Destroyer vs. Rikidozan (Pro Wrestling)	May 24, 1963	Nihon TV	64.0
5.	Fighting Harada vs. Eder Jofre (Boxing)	May 31, 1966	Fuji TV	63.7
6.	Oshin	November 2, 1983	NHK	62.9
7.	Japan vs. Croatia (Soccer)	June 20, 1998	NHK	60.9
8.	Fighting Harada vs. Alan Radkin (Boxing)	November 30, 1965	Fuji TV	60.4
9.	Tsui ni kaeranakatta Yoshinobu-chan	July 5, 1965	NHK	59.0
10.	Munich Olympics	September 8, 1972	NHK	58.7
11.	Yukutoshikurutoshi	December 31, 1963	NHK	57.4
12.	Japan vs. Paraguay (Soccer)	June 29, 2010	TBS	57.3
13.	Fighting Harada vs. Bernardo Caraballo (Boxing)	July 4, 1967	Fuji TV	57.0
14.	Tabiji	March 9, 1968	NHK	56.9
15.	The Beatles in Japan	July 1, 1966	Nihon TV	56.5
16.	Ohanahan	September 19, 1966	NHK	56.4
17.	Arigatou	December 21, 1972	TBS	56.3
18.	Ashitakoso	January 31, 1969	NHK	55.5
19.	Bolshoi Circus	July 16, 1963	NHK	55.3
19.	Mayuko Hitori	October 5, 1985	NHK	55.3

Yes, I know that some of the soccer matches are not on the all-time list. I don't know why.

Source:
http://www.videor.co.jp/data/ratedata/junre/11soccor.htm
http://www.videor.co.jp/data/ratedata/all50.htm

Urawa Reds win AFC Champions League

The Urawa Red Diamonds of Saitama, Japan defeated Sepahan F.C. of Esfahan, Iran 2-0 in Saitama (3-1 on aggregate).

Story from the official site here.

Although the story says that the Reds are the first Japanese side to win the Champions League, the league itself has only been around since 2002. Before that, there was the Asian Club Cup where the last Japanese champion was Jubilo Iwata back in 1999.

Yuichiro Nagai and Yuki Abe scored the goals for the Reds.