But the four pandas at the town’s local zoo really belong to China, and China wants them back, leaving town residents in an ...

Adventure World joined a Japan-China giant panda conservation joint project in 1994, and has raised 20 pandas since then. Of those 20, three came from China and the other 17 were born at Adventure ...

SHIRAHAMA, Japan — Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal town of Shirahama as the animals made their last public appearance ...

All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo left for China on Saturday, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, Kyodo News Agency reported. The 24-year-old Rauhin and her offspring ...

When asked if China and Japan will continue their international cooperation on giant panda conservation as Wakayama’s four giant pandas will soon return to China and Japan’s only remaining two ...

About 3,000 visitors to a theme park in western Japan attended a farewell ceremony for four giant pandas on Friday, the day before their departure for China.

People wave flags to bid farewell to four giant pandas at Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on June 28, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] CHENGDU -- Four Japan ...

SHIRAHAMA, Japan (AP) — Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal town of Shirahama as the animals made their last public ...

SHIRAHAMA, Japan (AP) — Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal town of Shirahama as the… ...

Giant panda Saihin, one among the four pandas on loan to Japan which will soon be heading back to China chews bamboo inside an enclosure at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan ...