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Japan's Pandas Are Returning To China – Panda Diplomacy Explained

Japan will lose its last two pandas in 2026 as Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China, ending a 50-year era and highlighting the role of panda diplomacy abroad.

International Business Times UK · Dec 18, 2025

Japan bids teary farewell to pandas sent to reserve in China

Japan bids teary farewell to pandas sent to reserve in China

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

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

Xiang Xiang begins trip to new home in China

Xiang Xiang, a 5-year-old giant panda born and raised at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, left Japan for China on Tuesday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 21, 2023

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Japanese fans bid farewell to beloved giant panda Xiang Xiang after winning lottery

Only 2,600 winners of an extremely competitive lottery have been allowed one last look at Xiang Xiang before the Japanese-born giant panda returns to China.

ABC News · Feb 20, 2023

Japanese bid farewell to beloved panda returning to China

Thousands of Japanese fans, some wiping away tears, bid farewell to a beloved Japanese-born giant panda that made her final public appearance before flying to her home country, China

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023

Taito Ward office celebrates twin pandas with curry

Tokyo's Taito Ward Office is offering a popular "Twin panda vegetable curry" at its cafeteria called Chikashoku Sakura. The curry is a celebration of twin pandas -- male cub Xiao Xiao and female cub Lei Lei -- born at the Ueno Zoo in the ward last June.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 4, 2022

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