News Anchor

Veteran reporter Soichi Shindo becomes a TV news anchor. When a politician cancels a live interview, Shindo goes to confront him face-to-face.

Koike and volleyball player Nawa are suspected of illegal gambling. Confident he can prove Nawa's innocence, Shindo questions Koike about it on-air.

News Gate conducts an exclusive interview with a researcher who says she discovered a new stem cell. Shindo interviews another person on his own.

When news chief Kaiba learns that a hidden camera has been found at his daughter’s school, he sends Hana and Motohashi to go and investigate.

A police chief who is a friend of Kajiwara wants to blow the whistle on her station. But just before her interview, she suddenly denies the case.

A brain-dead man's wife hopes to have his lungs transplanted into her ill daughter. But a magazine article turns the public's sympathy into scorn.

Shindo speaks with Sunflower Network representative Fukazawa for the first time in 18 years. While investigating, Hana runs into her long-lost father.

Yamai's father goes missing during a wildfire in his hometown, which has nuclear power facilities. After running into Ozaki, Shindo asks for a favor.

At the Yamai family home, Shindo discovers something connected to his father that brings him closer to the truth of what happened four decades prior.

JBN faces a torrent of severe criticism from the public after a weekly magazine publishes an article exposing a scandal at News Gate.