Pandas have fueled the Japanese town of Shirahama’s tourism industry for decades. But the town’s zoo has to send its last ...

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

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 ...

Guo said that China and Japan have collaborated on panda conservation and research since 2000, and that China is ready to further strengthen international cooperation, including with Japan.

Xing Xing was loaned to Japan in 2002 from the Wolong China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center to replace a male panda for a 10-year breeding agreement between the China Wildlife Conservation ...

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.

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… ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...