Novelist, Buddhist nun Setouchi dies at 99

File photo taken in May 2012 shows Japanese Buddhist nun and novelist Jakucho Setouchi speaking to people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in the Iwate Prefecture city of Miyako, northeastern Japan. Setouchi, who was also active in anti-war and anti-nuclear movements, died of heart failure on Nov. 9, 2021, at age 99.

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