A photo taken in December 2013 shows deaf composer Mamoru Samuragoch in Hiroshima, western Japan. AFP PHOTO
A photo taken in December 2013 shows deaf composer Mamoru Samuragoch in Hiroshima, western Japan. AFP PHOTO

TOKYO: A deaf composer dubbed Japan’s Beethoven confessed on Wednesday to hiring someone to write his most iconic works, leaving duped broadcaster NHK red-faced, and casting a cloud over a figure skater set to dance to his music in Sochi.

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