OSAKA (Kyodo) Pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro pleaded guilty Wednesday in court to concluding a contract to sell music copyrights he did not own and swindling an investor out of ¥500 million.
Komuro, 50, will seek a lenient ruling from the Osaka District Court by compensating the victim for damages by the time the ruling is handed down, sources close to him said.
"I'm a musician," a pale Komuro said in a small voice when the presiding judge asked what his occupation is.