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[Maty King @MatParker]

@Rainmaker1973 This is not true. I live and work/teach in schools in Japan. I know of students taking entrance exams for kindergarten. If anything, Japan take more exams!

[Man United Media @ManUnitedMedia]

Inject this into my veins. 😍😍

https://t.co/j3q4jnXlJj

[ᥴꪖꪑᦓꪮꪀ 🌞 @Cambone88]

The ratings from @TheSimpsons seasons 1-36 according to the scores from @IMDb

#TheSimpsonsGoats #TheSimpsons #SimpsonsForever

[Maty King @MatParker]

@tongbingxue Has anyone designed a male robot yet?
Or are they all attractive young women?
I wonder what they’ll be used for…

[Maty King @MatParker]

@otonanoikenga As a foreigner living in Kyoto. I had to move out because there’s too many tourists.

[Maty King @MatParker]

@Rainmaker1973 Why is driving on the right the default and Britain the ‘odd’ one for driving on the left?

Having lived in Aus, the UK and Japan it seems natural to me.

[aether @bluewdrift]

according to psychology people who often talk to themselves build fake scenarios and have full conversations in their heads often assume it’s normal. but in reality, it’s a form of self regulation, away to process emotions when there’s no one who truly understands them. 1/5

[Maty King @MatParker]

@996_12306 100万人の観光客のことを忘れていますよ。

You forgot a million tourists…

[Alessandro Palombo @thealepalombo]

1/ Kobe, the under-the-radar international city

We all know Kobe for one thing: the beef.

What you may not know is that Kobe became one of Japan's five international treaty ports in 1868. Chinese, Indian, European and American communities settled here and never left.

Then in 1995, the Great Hanshin earthquake killed 6,434 people and levelled entire neighborhoods. Kobe rebuilt around that memory, and it's part of why the city feels different from anywhere else in Japan.

The breakdown: around 60,000 foreign residents, about 4% of the population, one of the higher concentrations in the country. Half a dozen international schools, including a German school and a North London Collegiate campus that opened in September 2025. Kobe launched its own startup visa in 2019, six years before the scheme went nationwide in 2025. And Osaka is 20 to 30 minutes away by rail, which matters more than almost anything else on this list.

Nada, next door, is Japan's largest sake-producing region. So if you like your sake and you're a foodie, Kobe is top tier. Especially if you appreciate the other influences: bakery influence left behind by the Europeans who settled here, and one of the largest Chinatowns in Japan.

[Maty King @MatParker]

@goldelcorazon Found the original. Good try.

[Yuu | Photo Journal PRESS @yuu_u001]

今日の神戸メリケンパークでは盆踊り🏮🙌

盆踊り360°カメラを使ってみたぞ！！

[Maty King @MatParker]

@giokun ぐような建築デザインにするべきだったと思います。どう思われますか？

2/2.

[Maty King @MatParker]

@giokun 神戸も、この素敵な建物たちも大好きですが、一つだけ例外があります。左側の建物の屋上部分のリノベーションです。元のデザインは素晴らしいのに、その上に味気ないガラス張りの箱を載せたような改修がされてしまっています。新しい上層部を決める際には、元の建物のテーマや精神を受け継 1/2

[Maty King @MatParker]

@simongerman600 What does it say that every single comment is complaining about the Americans?

[Chetuya Chinagolum @Chetuyachinago]

Ho Chi Minh, the scholar who brought communism to Vietnam, was never originally a communist. He was a deeply committed anti-colonial patriot who initially admired Western liberalism, American democracy, and U.S President Woodrow Wilson’s speeches on self-determination. 1/n

[Maty King @MatParker]

@J71229734 What is this buggy app?? Thank you.

[MADRID SPOT @MadridSpot]

@Romain_Molina ’s video in brief ⬇️

1️⃣ According to Molina, FIFA provided protection to the Argentina federation despite cases involving money laundering and embezzlement, as well as U.S. investigations exceeding $300 million.

2️⃣ FIFA cleared the coach of the women’s youth teams, Diego Guacci, of allegations of harassment and mistreatment of underage players, citing insufficient evidence.

3️⃣ Despite the players requesting that their identities remain confidential before testifying, FIFA revealed the names of all the complainants, which is a serious violation of their protection.

4️⃣ According to Molina, the AFA was aware of the accusations against Diego Guacci from the beginning, yet took no action against him, allowing him to continue working with the youth teams.

5️⃣ The players internally described the AFA as being like a “mafia,” saying they feared reporting the abuse because of possible retaliation.

6️⃣ Just nine days before Argentina’s victory at the 2022 World Cup, the AFA granted all its international commercial rights to a newly founded company in Miami with no experience in football.

7️⃣ FIFA directly transferred the prize money to that private company instead of sending it to the AFA’s accounts.

8️⃣ The company received a fixed commission of 30% of all AFA external revenues, a rate that Molina describes as illogical and unprecedented.

9️⃣ Funds from FIFA, Adidas, sponsors, and broadcasting rights were distributed through various U.S. banks before being transferred to other interconnected companies to conceal the real beneficiaries.

🔟 Investigations revealed transfers of millions of dollars to shell companies, some owned by ordinary people who were bankrupt, heavily in debt, or living in social housing.

1️⃣1️⃣ After receiving these transfers, some of these individuals disappeared from their cities, changed their phone numbers, and neighbors noticed a sudden change in their lifestyle and wealth.

1️⃣2️⃣ According to Molina, part of the funds was used to purchase luxury properties, private planes, yachts, and even to finance activities unrelated to football, such as karting.

1️⃣3️⃣ The justice system also suspects that AFA officials personally benefited from these funds, including through a luxury palace registered in the names of other people.

1️⃣4️⃣ Funds generated by the success of the Argentine national team were also used to help acquire the Italian club Perugia through a network of interconnected companies across multiple countries.

1️⃣6️⃣ The contract with the Miami company was not temporary but extended until 2030, with the full approval of the AFA Executive Committee.

1️⃣7️⃣ Molina believes FIFA ignored the financial irregularities despite being responsible for annually auditing the AFA’s accounts.

1️⃣8️⃣ Molina accuses FIFA’s legal director, Emilio García, of having close ties to AFA officials and questions the impact those ties may have had on the investigations.

1️⃣9️⃣ Journalists who exposed these files allegedly faced threats, defamation campaigns, and the revocation of some press credentials in an attempt to silence them.

2️⃣0️⃣ Molina concludes that the problem is not limited to the AFA but extends to FIFA itself, arguing that the system allowed corruption to continue while protecting those involved instead of holding them accountable.

Rotten to its core…

[ROKO:古き良き懐かしき巡礼 @furukiyoki_may2]

神戸・東遊園地
ここ、ホント綺麗になった✨
昔は鬱蒼とした所もあったけど、今は緑の美しい広々した公園に…

[神戸ジャーナル @kobejournal]

神戸市の『指定ごみ袋以外』利用OK期間が「延長」されてる。不安の連鎖で「品薄」に
#神戸市 #ニュース
https://t.co/So4MUeMhMC

[Paa Manuel @PaamanuelUtd_]

When Japan beat Germany in the GROUP STAGE of the Qatar 2022 World Cup…

One of the greatest shock in World Cup history.