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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Japan’s last pandas set to leave in symbolic moment for breakdown of diplomacy with China

Japan’s last pair of pandas is set to return to China in late January, marking a symbolic end to a chapter of friendship as bilateral ties reach their lowest ebb in years.

Twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, born in the Ueno Zoo in 2021, would be available for public viewing for the last time on 25 January, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said.

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