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Ex-singer Keiko Fuji plunges to death in alleged suicide

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 1981 shows Keiko Fuji. Fuji, former singer and the mother of singer Hikaru Utada, on Aug. 22, 2013, plunged from a condominium building to her death in an apparent suicide, Tokyo police said. She was 62.

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Singer Utada to take break

TOKYO, Japan - This February 2002 file photo shows Japanese pop star Hikaru Utada who announced on her blog Aug. 9, 2010, that she will suspend musical activities for ''for a while.'' The 27-year-old singer said she will ''come back more matured.''

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(2)Photos from reception dinner for Bush

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush (L) shakes hands with Japanese popular singer Hikaru Utada at a reception hosted by Prime minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 18. Koizumi looks on. The photo is a pool one.

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Singer Utada to take break

TOKYO, Japan - This February 2002 file photo shows Japanese pop star Hikaru Utada who announced on her blog Aug. 9, 2010, that she will suspend musical activities for ''for a while.'' The 27-year-old singer said she will ''come back more matured.'' (Kyodo)

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(2)Photos from reception dinner for Bush

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush (L) shakes hands with Japanese popular singer Hikaru Utada at a reception hosted by Prime minister Junichiro Koizumi at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 18. Koizumi looks on. The photo is a pool one.

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Teen pop star Utada marries video director

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pop star Hikaru Utada (file photo), whose hit albums include ''First Love,'' married Kazuaki Kiriya, her video director, on Sept. 6 by registering the marriage at a government office, her record company, Toshiba-EMI Ltd., said. (Kyodo)

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Pop singer Hikaru Utada hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - Popular Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada (file photo) has been hospitalized and will undergo a thorough medical examination possibly on May 7, her record company Toshiba EMI Ltd. said. Utada, 19, had been working under medical supervision after recovering from an operation to remove a benign tumor from her ovary, but her condition deteriorated a couple of days ago.

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Pop sensation Utada performs in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sixteen-year-old pop sensation Hikaru Utada performs at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on Aug. 24. Utada, born and raised in New York and the daughter of Japanese singer Keiko Fuji, broke Japan's album sales record with her debut album ''First Love.'' The album, released March 10, sold 5.24 million copies.