Last 2 pandas in Japan leave for China
World 17:05 27/01/2026TOKYO -- The last remaining giant pandas in Japan, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, departed for China on Tuesday afternoon in a move that will leave Japan with no giant pandas for the first time in about half a century.
Japan's last 2 giant pandas are headed to China and fans just can't bear it
World 16:12 16/12/2025TOKYO -- 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 many bidding the twins a tearful farewell.
Japan's last 2 pandas to return to China in January
World 16:56 15/12/2025TOKYO -- Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, the only giant pandas in Japan, will be returned to China in late January, the Tokyo metropolitan government said Monday.
French zoo workers say their goodbyes as two pandas head to retirement in China
World 17:25 25/10/2025PARIS -- Giant pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, star attractions at France's Beauval Zoo, will head to retirement in China next month, leaving behind twins born during a 13-year stay intended to strengthen diplomatic ties.
Loggers in China destroying parts of panda sanctuary - Greenpeace
World 17:48 21/10/2015Logging of more than 3,200 acres (1,295 hectares) of natural forest has threatened the habitats of rare plants and animals in the Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, Greenpeace found during a two-year investigation.
April Fool panda joke 'went too far', says Taipei mayor
World 21:00 02/04/2014The story, published on the homepages of Next Media websites in Hong Kong and Taiwan, claimed that Yuan Yuan, mother of the first Taiwan-born panda cub Yuan Zai, was seriously ill.
