31350 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://indianexpress.com/article/world/japan-nun-author-jakucho-setouchi-dies-7618636/Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan’s best-known authors known for novels depicting passionate women and her translation of “The Tale of Genji,” a 1,000-year-old classic, into modern language, has died. She was 99. Setouchi was already an established novelist before she shaved her head and became a nun at age 51.2021-11-11T17:55+0100expressindia-ef4b9dbbea6b444cb7a2d4ce468aa8a520211111175500https://www.naveenbharat.in/japans-vocal-nun-and-author-jakucho-setochi-99-died-at-the-age-of/Jakuch Setochi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan’s best-known writers known for her novels depicting sentimental women and her translation of the 1,000-year-old classic “The Tale of Genji” into modern language, has died It is done. She was 99 years old.2021-11-11T16:40+0100naveenbharat-2b3ceb355e480e18aa34311b7815c74020211111164000https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4342343TOKYO (AP) — Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist nun and one of Japan's best-known authors known for novels depicting passionate women and her translation of “The Tale of Genji,” a 1,000-year-old classic, into modern language, has died. She was 99. Setouchi was already an established novelist before she shaved her head and became a nun at age 51.2021-11-11T13:50+0100taiwannews-28be5194c5c63b068488ac22bb84dba420211111135000https://www.actionnewsjax.com/entertainment/japans-outspoken-nun/7W5KSTLAGKZK4SBJZ33N6HDEZQ/Obit Japan Setouchi Japanese Buddhist nun and author Jakucho Setouchi speaks during an interview in Kyoto, Japan, June 1, 2017. Setouchi, one of Japan’s best-known authors known for novels depicting passionate women and her translation of “The Tale of Genji” into modern language, has died. She was 99.2021-11-11T13:05+0100actionnewsjax-4a9159445c57c0344eabac1cd5db68fe20211111130500