Japan’s last pandas set to leave in symbolic moment for breakdown of diplomacy with China Japan will be without pandas for first time in over 50 years after last pair returns to China next month The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025
Thousands Bid Farewell To Tokyo Zoo Pandas Before Return To China Thousands of thankful, sobbing fans flocked to a Tokyo zoo Saturday to bid an emotional farewell to a pair of beloved pandas before their imminent return to China. International Business Times · Sep 28, 2024
17 photos of pandas proving that they are just the cutest Pandas are the most adorable creatures. There, we said it. USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 20, 2023
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
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