Speaking in Tokyo at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Dr. Naoto Ueyama said, “Since the emergence of COVID-19, there has not been such a dangerous gathering of people coming together in one place from so many different places around the world. It’s very difficult to predict what this could lead to.” He said Tokyo would not be able to provide any kind of special treatment for those involved in the Olympics....

Japanese internet users are going wild over the fact that the characters for Mayor Yutaka Umeda can be read as “Jo Baiden.” The 73-year-old head of the small town of Yamato has received huge amounts of attention in recent days. Mayor Yutaka Umeda, whose town only has 15,000 residents, had no idea he was trending on social media until his family told him the news on Friday. Spelt in Kanji, the logographic Chinese characters used in the Japanese writing system, Umeda is pronounced “ume” and “da” but can also be read as “bai” and “den”....

At 42 years old, he's certainly not the player he once was, but he still has something left in the tank, and not just on the ice. A fan at last night's game between the New Jersey Devils and Tampa Bay Lightning tried to snap a quick picture of the Czech superstar on the end of the bench. Then Jagr noticed, making for one of the best sports photos of the year....

"I got them a bucket," the Brooklyn Nets' center said with a chuckle. "And of course, I had what, like three, four, five fouls. So, I did my usual fouls and I got them a bucket. And a free throw." MORE: Openly gay athletes | Paula Deen says something stupid about Michael Sam After his eight-minute cameo in Brooklyn's 112-89 win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night, the first openly gay athlete in America's four major sports met with the parents of slain Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard....

Frank, 49, was known for playing the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver—and he later played the White Power Ranger—in the 1990s series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He practiced martial arts and made several cameo appearances in later Power Rangers films, including Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. On Sunday, Frank’s manager, Justine Hunt, wrote in a statement that Frank had passed and did not identify a cause of death, asking for “privacy of his family and friends during this horrible time as we come to terms with the loss of such a wonderful human being....

“I got the update online and it takes a little while to get updated so I was very anxious,” she said, via ABC Brisbane. “My workmates were so excited and they were just as excited as me and they know that Jason has been wanting a major as well.” MORE: Best photos from the PGA Championship | Best loss ever? | PGA winners and losers Day held off Jordan Spieth on Sunday to win his first major title and become the fifth Australian to win the PGA Championship....

My friends, that train couldn’t possibly be late. On Friday, during an appearance on Fox Sports 1’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd,” Whitlock explained why Christian McCaffrey won’t win the trophy. He said the Stanford star is up against the media’s bias toward the SEC and the East Coast, then added that McCaffrey simply hasn’t scored enough touchdowns (12) in comparison to Alabama’s Derrick Henry (23). MORE: Christian McCaffrey in photos | McCaffrey vs....

“Witten didn’t talk to me when I was in Dallas. He didn’t help me,” Martellus Bennett said on the program. “Very rarely did we talk. He didn’t teach me nothing. He didn’t help me out. There was times I asked him stuff and he’d be like, ‘Figure it out.’ I hated him. I hated Witten.” When asked about his former teammate Thursday, Witten decided to take the high road....

Hernandez returns to England, where he won two Premier League titles, making a name for himself as an impact substitute. Having spent a loan spell at Real Madrid, Hernandez departed Old Trafford permanently in 2015, boasting a record of 59 goals in 157 games. The 28-year-old Mexico international has not looked back in Germany, scoring 26 goals in all competitions for the Bundesliga club in his maiden campaign, while he already has seven this season....

But for Bruce, this is not just a pet project or cause, but a lesson he learned because he lived it. MORE: Throwback Reds hats to make All-Star return | Bryan Price regrets f-bomb rant Bruce’s sister, Kellan, lives with mental disabilities — the result of being born with her umbilical chord wrapped around her neck. She’s now 32 — the number her brother wears — and the two remain connected....

There was no immediate word on the nature of the injury to Tatum, a 6-8 small forward with the ability to put the ball on the floor and shoot from beyond the arc. But the report suggested it “didn’t look good.” Duke was ranked No. 1 in the preseason coaches poll, but they are already without fellow star recruit Harry Giles after he underwent his third knee surgery since his sophomore year in high school earlier this month....

It wasn’t a bad misspelling, but a misspelling nonetheless, and the Jazz’s official Twitter account decided to have some fun. The issue with that is, the Jazz — Millsap’s former team — lost 100-97; hence, this rebuttal from the Hawks. This was fun, wasn’t it?

Eight players from the Manipur have made the cut in Luis Norton de Matos’ squad as India get ready to host 24 of the best youth football teams on the planet in a three-week long tournament panning six different venues across the country. Jeakson Singh is one of those boys from the North Eastern state along with team skipper Amarjit Singh Kiyam. The pair of them stands out amongst the rest of the Manipur contingent in a unique manner – they are fluent in the Punjabi dialect....

Pirro made her comment while appearing on Hannity, the nightly Fox News political talk program hosted by Sean Hannity. During the show, Pirro, Hannity and legal commentator Nancy Grace discussed the impact of the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, the former policeman convicted of killing Floyd on May 25, 2020. “Here, this jury saw George Floyd, they saw everything about him,” Pirro told Hannity. “He was a real person with feelings and begging to be able to breathe....

While many fans are calling for Fisher to be fired, especially after his latest public dispute with Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson, the team’s brass doesn’t seem inclined to part ways with him. During an interview with NFL Media , Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff praised Fisher for managing the team’s move from St. Louis to Los Angeles. MORE: Week 13 Power Rankings “Everybody will want to judge Jeff through the prism of just the record, but that’s totally unfair when you look at the set of circumstances he was handed this year,” Demoff said....

Van Drew spoke Monday at a news conference outside the Cape May, New Jersey, courthouse alongside Cape May County Sheriff Bob Nolan, where he accused local newspaper columnist John McCall of writing a “threatening” column. Van Drew said the column, which the Ocean City Sentinel newspaper has since retracted and apologized for, went far beyond political criticism. McCall also left a voicemail on Van Drew’s congressional office phone on February 28, which Van Drew described as a “death threat” during Monday’s press conference....

Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, was an integral part in the founding of America, but his blighted past has called his legacy into question. Students at the University of Virginia, a school he founded, pushed for years to remove him from his pedestal, and in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, protesters toppled a statue in Portland, Oregon, while New York City Council members want Mayor Bill de Blasio to remove a statue from City Hall....

“I am writing to share with you that our investigation regarding Jeffrey Toobin is complete, and as a result, he is no longer affiliated with our company,” Condé Nast’s chief people officer, Stan Duncan, wrote in a memo to employees, obtained by The Daily Beast. “I want to assure everyone that we take workplace matters seriously. We are committed to fostering an environment where everyone feels respected and upholds our standards of conduct....

Psaki addressed the issue during a press conference on Wednesday and appeared to pin the blame on the British leader for allowing reporters’ questions without notifying the White House he had intended to do so. American journalists took to social media to complain after White House aides shouted over their attempts to ask questions and they were ushered from the room despite two British reporters asking questions. Psaki was asked about the incident on Wednesday by CBS News Senior White House and Political Correspondent Ed O’Keefe, who had been in the room and later discussed the event on Twitter....