THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 15, 2025 at 14:48 JST
Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei celebrate their second birthday, eating their meals side by side at the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on June 23, 2023. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The twin giant pandas born at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo are scheduled to return to China in late January 2026, according to sources, which will leave Japan without pandas for the first time since 1972. [Read More]
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