November 26, Tuesday, 2024

1. A funeral and entombment ceremony, called Renso-no-gi, for late Princess Mikasa began at a burial ground in Tokyo on Tuesday morning. The Princess passed away due to old age at a Tokyo hospital on November 15. She was 101 years old. A vehicle carrying the Princess’ coffin left her residence at the Akasaka Estate in central Tokyo at around 9 a.m. with her employees and servants looking on.
2. US President-elect Donald Trump says he will impose a 25 percent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10 percent tariff on goods from China. Trump said on social media on Monday that “thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing crime and drugs at levels never seen before. He added that the tariff will remain in effect until crime and drugs from the two countries stop coming into the US.
3. An explosion and fire have halted a combustion test of Japan’s new Epsilon S solid-fuel rocket at the Tanegashima Space Center in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which conducted the test, said a combustion abnormality occurred at around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 49 seconds after testing of the second stage of the rocket began. Epsilon S is one of Japan’s mainstay rockets being developed by JAXA and others.