SHIRAHAMA, Japan — Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal ...

All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo left for China on Saturday, ahead of the expiration of their lease ...

TOKYO -- Four giant pandas in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama departed for China on Saturday.

Their departure means that only two giant pandas remain in Japan. Both are at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoological Gardens and are also ...

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 ...

All four giant pandas at a zoo in the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western ...

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All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo left for China on Saturday, ahead of the expiration of their lease ...

Fans bid farewell to all four giant pandas at a zoo in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama as they left Saturday ...

Despite strained political ties between Japan and China, giant pandas are hugely popular in Japan. “We feel comforted just by looking at pandas,” said zoo director Koji Imazu.

Around 3,000 visitors flocked to the Adventure World theme park to get a last glimpse of ... Imazu said the departure of the four pandas marks the end of the zoo’s 30-year joint project with China.

Around 3,000 visitors flocked to the Adventure World theme park to get a last glimpse of ... Imazu said the departure of the four pandas marks the end of the zoo’s 30-year joint project with China.