Japanese panda fans gathered on Sunday (January 25, 2026) for the final public viewing at Tokyo's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China this week. Their departure on Tuesday ...

Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo’s Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China this week. Their departure on Tuesday will leave Japan with no ...

SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama Prefecture—Fans of the four remaining giant pandas at Adventure World here and local businesses are bracing for their return to China at the end of June, which the park announced ...

Who doesn’t love a snow day? The most popular animals at the National Zoo in D.C. — the giant pandas — certainly did. A video from the zoo’s panda cam showcased the fluffy black and white balls of fur ...

Large crowds have visited Ueno Zoo in Tokyo to say farewell to two pandas that are about to go back to China. Their departure means Japan will be panda-less for the first time in half a century. The ...

Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China this week. Their departure on Tuesday will leave Japan with no ...

On January 25th tearful crowds bade farewell to Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, twin pandas at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo. Some 110,000 people applied for 4,400 viewing spots. Many who missed out went along anyway, ...

Japan-Born Pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei Arrive in China as Bilateral Ties Freeze By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei ‌arrived in Sichuan province on ...

Who doesn’t love a snow day? The most popular animals at the National Zoo in D.C. — the giant pandas — certainly did. A video from the zoo’s panda cam showcased the fluffy black and white balls of fur ...

Nancy Snow is a professor emerita and author specializing in public diplomacy, soft power and strategic communications. She has taught in the United States, Japan and China.

TOKYO — Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China this week. Their departure on Tuesday will leave Japan ...

BEIJING, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrived in Sichuan province on Wednesday, China's panda research base said in a social media post, leaving Japan without pandas for the ...