Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako ...

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A day after news broke that Japan would soon lose its last two giant pandas to China, thousands of fans flocked to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Tuesday to catch a final glimpse, with ...

Popular twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to their homeland in China in late January, officials said Monday, leaving Japan without a panda for the first time in about half a century.

Visitors snap photos of twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao (L) and Lei Lei. File Photo: VCG Multiple Japanese media outlets including Asahi Shimbun reported that the twin giant pandas at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo — ...

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Japan’s last pair of pandas is set to return to China in late January, marking a symbolic end to a chapter of friendship as bilateral ties reach their lowest ebb in years. Twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, ...

Xiao Xiao, front, and his sister Lei Lei, twins of giant pandas, sit on the ground at the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, March 10, 2023. (Naohiko Hatta/Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — Popular twin ...

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TOKYO(AP) — Popular twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to their homeland in China in late January, officials said Monday, leaving Japan without a panda for the first time in about half a ...