Ieiri Leo's new CD "Answer" will be released on April 22.
In addition to "Answer," which will be used as the opening theme for the second series of anime 'Major 2nd,' and its instrumental version, the CD will contain five cover songs that Ieiri carefully selected after asking her fans which songs they want her to cover. More details on the cover songs will be revealed later.
NHK has learned the details of a second emergency package by the Japanese government to fund programs and enforce new regulations for containing the coronavirus outbreak.
Sources say one measure will provide funding to improve the availability of testing for the virus.
NHK has learned that a second doctor at a hospital in Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
The surgeon, who is in his 50s, works at Saiseikai Arida Hospital, where another doctor in his 50s and a patient in his 70s have both tested positive. The development makes the surgeon the third case in the prefecture.
All 199 evacuees, who had been quarantined in accommodation facilities after they flew back to Japan from Wuhan, Hubei Province late last month, have tested negative for the new coronavirus.
They underwent checks following two weeks of quarantine after returning to Japan on board the second chartered plane on January 30.
Passengers on the second plane to evacuate Japanese people from Wuhan, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak, who tested negative for the virus can head home now that their quarantine period has ended.
Japan's health ministry says 197 people who have stayed in isolation after returning from Wuhan, China, on the first of the government's chartered flights from the city have tested negative for the new coronavirus.
Japan has sent its second chartered plane to evacuate Japanese nationals from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak.
The plane took off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport at around 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Japan's health ministry has confirmed the country's second infection of the new coronavirus strain currently spreading in China. The virus was detected in a man in his 40s visiting Tokyo from Wuhan.
The inland Chinese city has been hit by a pneumonia outbreak that is likely caused by the virus.
On the eighth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday, Endo suffered his second loss in an anticipated match with another popular rank-and-file wrestler, Enho.
Enho has risen to his best ranking and attracted attention. Endo, who defeated two Yokozunas and one Ozeki wrestler earlier in the tournament, lost the much-watched bout.