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Sasa, 'there are two long buildings called the Jiu-kusha.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

In Wakegori, a district of the province of Iyo (1), there is a very ancient and famous cherry-tree, called Jiu-roku-zakura, or "the Cherry-tree of the Sixteenth Day," because it blooms every year upon the sixteenth day of the first month (by the old lunar calendar), -- and only upon that day.

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Similarly, the extension of the captain's detention past Sept. 18, a Chinese memorial day known as Jiu-ba or 9-18, adds further weight to his belief.

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Last year, when I had Professor Yamashita teach me the “Jiudo” ” as they seem now to call Jiu Jitsu ” the naval attache here, Commander Takashita, used to come around here and bring a young lad, Kitgaki, who is now entering Annapolis.

Letters to His Children Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1919

Writing his superiors in Washington, American ambassador in Caracas William Brownfield recounted a meeting with Chinese ambassador Jiu Yijie.

Nikolas Kozloff: Caracas Cables: "Loco Chávez Time," Chinese Ambassador in Venezuela & "Fascist Military Elements" Nikolas Kozloff 2011

Jiu, who had a "close relationship" with Chávez, was "wary of close contact with the U.S. Embassy" and was "quietly pensive" at the suggestion that China might apprise the U.S. in advance of its sales of communications satellites to Venezuela.

Nikolas Kozloff: Caracas Cables: "Loco Chávez Time," Chinese Ambassador in Venezuela & "Fascist Military Elements" Nikolas Kozloff 2011

As if on cue, the muscled owner of the Purebred Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy, Stephen Roberto, rolled up to the beach park in a red pickup.

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Brownfield had effusive praise for Jiu, remarking that his counterpart is the best Chinese diplomat I have dealt with...

Nikolas Kozloff: Caracas Cables: "Loco Chávez Time," Chinese Ambassador in Venezuela & "Fascist Military Elements" Nikolas Kozloff 2011

Within certain left circles, China still enjoys some political support but if this cable is any indication the Asian Tiger has no ideological principles: at one point, when asked if China had any other interests in Venezuela besides energy, Jiu answered in the negative.

Nikolas Kozloff: Caracas Cables: "Loco Chávez Time," Chinese Ambassador in Venezuela & "Fascist Military Elements" Nikolas Kozloff 2011

Moreover, Jiu went overboard in an effort to please Browning, remarking "emphatically" that China was not "looking for confrontation in the region" and "recognized that Latin America, and Venezuela in particular, were regions of importance to the United States."

Nikolas Kozloff: Caracas Cables: "Loco Chávez Time," Chinese Ambassador in Venezuela & "Fascist Military Elements" Nikolas Kozloff 2011