"Utada Unplugged" -- it has a nice ring to it. Hikaru Utada is the latest artist to get the MTV Unplugged treatment, and this correspondent was one of a small group of media folk invited to the taping of the diminutive diva's MTV Japan "Unplugged" special.
Hikaru UtadaUtada isn't the first Japanese act to do an "Unplugged" show -- male duo Chage and Aska did one for MTV Asia in London in June 1996 -- but she's the first Japanese artist to do an "Unplugged" for MTV Japan, which, given her superstar status, is obviously a source of pride for the channel.