Crowds bid farewell to Japan’s last pandas before return to China amid souring ties

Japanese fans rushed to farewell the country’s last two pandas on Sunday ahead of their return to China, in a departure that ...

Tearful goodbyes as Japan returns pandas to China amid worsening ties

The twin cubs' departure will leave Japan without any pandas for the first time since 1972.
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Japan’s last panda twins to return to China amid growing tensions

Crowds of panda enthusiasts flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo to bid farewell to the furry twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, who are set ...

Crowds flock to Tokyo zoo to see pandas before they leave for China

By Joseph Campbell TOKYO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Panda fans flocked to the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Sunday to say goodbye to its star ...

Black and white and sent back over: end of panda diplomacy as Japan returns bears to China

The departure of pandas will leave legions of Japanese admirers bereft, but it is also symptomatic of a dramatic deterioration in China-Japan relations ...
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Fans bid farewell to Japan's only pandas

Panda lovers in Tokyo said goodbye on Sunday to a hugely popular pair of the bears that are set to return to China, leaving ...

Munich zoo to receive two pandas from China

A zoo in Munich is set to receive two giant pandas from China in what is commonly known as panda diplomacy, Bavarian State ...

Japan returns last two pandas to China amid strained ties

Large crowds have visited Ueno Zoo in Tokyo to say farewell to two pandas that are about to go back to China. Their departure ...

Two pandas to be sent to Munich as China and Germany sign giant panda conservation cooperation agreement: CWCA

In order to further advance giant panda conservation efforts, China and Germany signed a giant panda conservation cooperation agreement on Wednesday, under which two giant pandas from the Chengdu ...