Pandas have fueled the Japanese town of Shirahama’s tourism industry for decades. But the town’s zoo has to send its last ...

But the four pandas at the town’s local zoo really belong to China, and China wants them back, leaving town residents in an ...

According to the Adventure World, the conservation project period will end in August, and the four pandas will be returned to China at the end of June to avoid the extreme summer heat in Japan.

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 ...

When asked if China and Japan will continue their international cooperation on giant panda conservation as Wakayama’s four giant pandas will soon return to China and Japan’s only remaining two ...

All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo left for China on Saturday, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, Kyodo News Agency reported. The 24-year-old Rauhin and her offspring ...

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 (AP) — 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… ...

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 ...

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 ...