Pandas are typically loaned for 10-15 years, to ensure genetic diversity and sustainable captive breeding. China's efforts have paid off, with wild panda populations having rebounded from 1,100 in the ...

Thousands of fans in Japan have bid an emotional farewell to four giant pandas. The pandas, a mother and her three daughters, made their final public appearance on Friday at Adventure World theme ...

In 1994, China began cooperation on giant panda conservation with Adventure World amusement park, located in the coastal town of Shirahama in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture.

SHIRAHAMA, Japan — Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal town of Shirahama as the animals made their last public appearance ...

WAKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo left for China on Saturday, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

The specimen of female giant panda Shuangshuang was returned to China from Japan’s Kobe Oji Zoo on Thursday, according to China Wildlife Conservation Association's (CWCA's) official WeChat ...

Guo said that China and Japan have collaborated on panda conservation and research since 2000, and that China is ready to further strengthen international cooperation, including with Japan.

People wave flags to bid farewell to four giant pandas at Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on June 28, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] TOKYO -- Four giant ...

In Beijing, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said giant pandas are “friendly ambassadors" conveying the goodwill of the Chinese people. Guo said that China and Japan have collaborated ...