In Japan, the term "new half" usually refers to a man who becomes a woman through some sort of medical procedure, but on the new daytime drama series, "Mama wa New Half" ("Mom is a New Half") (TV Tokyo, Mon.-Fri., 1 p.m.) it simply describes a man who performs in drag at a special "new-half pub" in Tokyo.
Iwataro (Noboru Kaneko) isn't a transsexual, and he doesn't seem to be homosexual, either. During the day, he's a "normal" salaryman working for an "elite" company and warding off female admirers, who consider him quite a catch. At night, he changes into Runa, a female entertainer, but he keeps this second life a secret from his acquaintances.
The secret becomes a little more difficult to keep when a little boy named Kiyoto enters his life and claims that Iwataro is his father. Iwataro doesn't argue with the kid. He knows perfectly well that he could be telling the truth.