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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… ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1994, China began cooperation on giant panda conservation with Adventure World amusement park, located in the coastal town of Shirahama in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture.

WAKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo left for China on Saturday, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

Thousands of fans in Japan have bid an emotional farewell to four giant pandas. The pandas, a mother and her three daughters, made their final public appearance on Friday at Adventure World theme ...

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.