THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 23, 2021 at 15:59 JST
Yutaka Fukuda, head of Tokyo’s Ueno Zoological Gardens, speaks about the birth of twin giant panda cubs at the zoo at a news conference in the capital’s Taito Ward on June 23. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)
Popular giant panda Shin Shin is a mother again, this time giving birth to twins at the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, her first delivery in four years. [Read More]
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