“Adorable,” she said, and played the video twice. Like elsewhere in the world, pandas are hugely popular in Japan. Before deciding their names, Tokyo officials even set up a name selection ...

KOBE - Japan's oldest giant panda has died at Kobe Oji Zoo in the western city of Kobe, the zoo said Monday. She was 28 years old, reported Jiji Press. Tan Tan, the female panda, was under ...

including Japan, France, Britain and Germany, over the next decade. When the panda population dwindled in the 1980s, Beijing stopped gifting pandas but turned to more lucrative short-term leasing ...

The global population of giant pandas in captivity has increased to 757, a senior government official said on Tuesday, lauding China's conservation efforts over the years. Guan Zhi'ou, head of the ...

gives birth to the twins at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo A giant panda has given birth to twin cubs at a Japanese zoo. Shin Shin gave birth to the cubs on Wednesday, Tokyo's Ueno Zoo announced. It is the ...

Generally, giant panda cubs born overseas are returned to China at a certain age. When returning from overseas, most of them ...

Tan Tan was supposed to be sent back to China in 2020 when her lease to Japan expired ... A woman in her 60s said the giant panda gave encouragement to quake-hit Kobe City. She added that Tan ...

TOKYO (AP) – Japan is rolling out a red carpet ahead of the arrival of much-awaited special guests from China: a pair of giant pandas.The two 5-year-old pandas are due to arrive at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on ...

SKELETON PANDA SEA SQUIRT: A new species of sea creature that has a distinctive skeleton-like body structure and black spots that resemble a panda has been discovered in Japan.

Zookeeper Zhao Lanlan is in charge of Xiang Xiang's care. She said it took the Japan-born panda some time to settle in. "Xiang Xiang has a slightly timid personality. She needed time to adapt to ...

Japan-based art studio Zeppet says cost of making ultra-realistic panda suit amounted to price ‘cheapest model of Ferrari’.