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 ...

Japanese panda fans bid teary farewells to their idols Xiang Xiang, “super papa” Eimei and his twin daughters who were sent to China to live in a protected facility in Sichuan province.

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 ...

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 ...

China welcomes Japan’s continuous interest in international cooperation on giant panda conservation: Chinese FM By Global Times Published: Apr 29, 2025 06:19 PM Chinese Foreign Ministry ...

A giant panda at a zoo in Kobe, Japan, died of asphyxiation, the State Forestry Administration said on Sunday.The 14-year-old male panda, named Kou Kou, died on Sept 9 at the Oji Zoo when Japanese ...

Last year, the zoo saw a 20% drop in visitors, which it attributes in part to the departure of its giant pandas in late 2023. And since the announcement of two new pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, who ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the giant panda an endangered species in 1984, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List followed suit in 1990. Advertisement ...

As a first step toward species conservation, we conducted a taxonomic study of amphipod Crustacea, which boasts high species diversity around Japan,” Tomikawa said in an Oct. 24 news release ...

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… ...