Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ap125.ftth.ucom.ne.jp. NS
Answer
ap125.ftth.ucom.ne.jp. 2 NS ns03.usen.ad.jp.
ap125.ftth.ucom.ne.jp. 2 NS ns01.usen.ad.jp.
ap125.ftth.ucom.ne.jp. 2 NS ns02.usen.ad.jp.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0