Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako ...

TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo's Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the popular twin pandas that are set to return to China next month, worried if or when they get to see their ...

Visitors get emotional as they visit the giant pandas at Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, on Saturday; panda Shin Shin at the enclosure (AP photo) Some said they camped out overnight to secure their chance. The ...

China had loaned Xiang Xiang’s parents – Ri Ri and Shin Shin – to Japan as a part of its panda diplomacy. Sunday was Xiang Xiang’s last day with the public. At least 2600 fans of the giant panda bid ...

In response to a surge in COVID cases worldwide, the Ueno Zoo limited their panda cubs' public debut to a select group of animal fans that won a lottery to meet the twins Kelli Bender is the Pets ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Take a 20-minute walk northwest of Ueno Park to the more than 100,000-square-foot Yanaka Cemetery, the first public burial ground in Tokyo and an oasis of foliage and historical ...

Tokyo, home to skyscrapers and all manner of other concrete constructs, is also home to several simulated jungles – its zoos. The three parks below don’t represent the sum total of the animal ...

Earlier this week, Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo announced that its twin giant pandas, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, will be leaving Japan. Fans knew this would happen someday, as the pandas, though born at Ueno Zoo, are ...