Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Did you know an Englishman became a Samurai? ⚔️ In 1613, the East India Company arrived in Japan, only to find William Adams already serving Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu! Despite Adams' help, the English factory in Hirado couldn't compete with the Dutch and folded by 1623. To make matters worse, Captain John Saris’s career ended in a bizarre scandal! Discover the wild, short-lived history of the EIC in Japan. #WilliamAdams #HistoryShorts #EIC #JapaneseHistory #Samurai #Shogun #TokugawaIeyasu