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Dreamy History Assassin 2: Why Did He Fabricate Yasuke’s Story? Thomas Lockley’s Cinderella Complex

In my previous posts, I discussed how Thomas Lockley presents different versions of Yasuke’s history in Japanese and Eng...
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Dreamy History Assassin 1: How Did Thomas Lockley Edit Wikipedia?

I was planning to write my next blog post about "My Top 10 Favorite Anime," but changed my mind due to astonishing new i...
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Why It Took So Long for Japanese People to Realize the Yasuke Problem: Perfidious Historian, Thomas Lockley

Over a month ago, I wrote an article criticizing Assassin’s Creed, particularly focusing on Thomas Lockley’s portrayal o...
Japanese Teaching

Can Online Language Tutors Work While Traveling? Tips for Quality Lessons on the Go

Some language teachers travel the world while conducting online lessons. With just a laptop and an internet connection, ...
Preply

Why Preply Has So Many Professional Tutors

There are various platforms on the internet that connect tutors and students, but Preply stands out as a platform where ...
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Is Preply’s Fee High? Why I Stick with Preply for Student Contracts

Some of my students ask, "Isn't Preply's fee high? Should I just pay you directly?" While I appreciate their thoughtfuln...
Japanese Teaching

Finally Over 400 Hours: The Ultimate Milestone for Preply Tutors

I’ve finally hit 400 teaching hours on Preply! Preply’s commission rates drop as you accumulate more teaching hours, and...
miscellaneous

I Created an X Account: Differences Between Blogging and Social Media

I recently created an X account. To be precise, I set it up when I began blogging to share article links, but I didn’t u...
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Disappointment in Thomas Lockley: His Lies in The Japan Times Rebuttal

Regarding Yasuke, the next protagonist of Assassin's Creed, whom I wrote about last week, Thomas Lockley, who claims to ...
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Fact-Checking Yasuke: The Black Samurai in Assassin’s Creed

Have you heard of Yasuke, a black man who arrived in Japan in the 16th century? Yasuke was a slave brought by Jesuit mis...