Japanese panda fans have seen their beloved pandas return to China over the past decades, but bidding farewell to beloved twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei is especially emotional ...

Japan's Ueno Zoo is returning the country's last two pandas to China at a time when relationships between the two countries ...

Japanese fans rushed to farewell the country’s last two pandas on Sunday ahead of their return to China, in a departure that ...

Panda diplomacy has a long history in China, dating back more than 1,300 years. Historical records show that the Empress Wu ...

Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei ...

Panda lovers in Tokyo said goodbye on Sunday to a hugely popular pair of the bears that are set to return to China, leaving ...

Visitors line up at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo after the metropolitan government announced that giant panda twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei will be returned to China in late January 2026. (EPA ...

Loaned under China’s “panda diplomacy” programme, the distinctive black-and-white animals have symbolised friendship between ...

"I think their names have a very bright image," Tokyo's Governor Yuriko Koike said of Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, a set of giant panda twins born in June at the Ueno Zoo Glenn Garner is a form ...

Xiao Xiao is an internet Flash cartoon series by Chinese animator Zhu Zhiqiang, featuring stick-figure men performing choreographed fight scenes. Some of the cartoons are interactive and game-like.