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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki (R), a music lecturer, holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, bites his lips during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, bows at the end of a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki (L), a music lecturer, holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, bites his lips during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Composer involved in ghostwriter mess releases 1st own CD

Composer and pianist Takashi Niigaki poses in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2015, following the release of his first CD under his own name. He drew public attention a year ago after his revelation that he had been the ghostwriter of composer Mamoru Samuragochi for years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo