A former protégé of John Cage who was once married to Yoko Ono, he was part of a lively experimental music scene in New York and became a leading modern composer in Japan.
In one of the harassment cases that has been reported in the art world, a woman was forced to pose nude for a painting in a cold room that had no heater.
Foreign applicants clinging to hopes of studying in Japan have seen their dreams dashed again for probably another year because of Japan’s extended entry ban on travelers from abroad.