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.