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TOKYO — Jakucho Setouchi, a Buddhist priest and feminist author who wrote frankly about sex, entertained audiences with her insouciant wit and rendered one of Japan’s greatest classic works into a readable best seller, died on Nov.... Setouchi, whom some critics called “ Womb Writer ” because of her controversial novels about sex and family, flouted expectations for women throughout her lifetime.... Setouchi wrote more than 400 novels — fictional versions of her own love affairs and stories of

Postholes and stone arrangements that served as ditches, which are believed to be remains of the Tokaden pavilion of the ancient Heian-kyo residence of the imperial family, are seen in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward, on Aug.... KYOTO--Postholes and other archaeological remains that are believed to be from a dwelling for the empress at the Japanese imperial family's official residence have been found in the ancient capital of Kyoto.... It is the first time that remains from a building that was evidently