Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ctc.ad.jp. NS
Answer
ctc.ad.jp. 5 NS ns012-5tu3le3iluf43idc.5.d-53.jp.
ctc.ad.jp. 5 NS ns012-5tu3le3iluf43idc.5.d-53.info.
ctc.ad.jp. 5 NS ns3.ctc.jp.
ctc.ad.jp. 5 NS ns012-5tu3le3iluf43idc.5.d-53.net.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns3.ctc.jp. 5 A 13.230.125.104
ns3.ctc.jp. 5 AAAA 2406:da14:463:7801:dbb3:ecb4:d989:e9bc
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0