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Japan Times
25-04-2025
- Japan Times
All 4 giant pandas at western Japan zoo to be sent to China
All four giant pandas at a zoo in Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture will be transferred to China around the end of June, the leisure facility said Thursday. If the four pandas go to China under the terms of a loan agreement and no new additions join the zoo, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo would be the only remaining giant pandas housed in Japan. Adventure World is home to 24-year-old female Rauhin and her three daughters — 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin. All four were born at Adventure World. Rauhin became the first giant panda born at the facility back in September 2000. With a contract between the facility and the Chinese side ending in August this year, the two sides decided that the four pandas will go to China in June, when temperatures are relatively cool, the facility said. Adventure World did not say whether the Chinese side would newly send over giant pandas to the zoo. According to the leisure facility, experts from China said that it would be better for aging Rauhin to go to China to live in a dedicated facility with medical care. Rauhin's daughters will be sent to China to find a mate for future breeding opportunities. The four pandas will live at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in the inland province of Sichuan. All giant pandas living in Japan are loaned by China for breeding research purposes. China legally owns all such animals, including those born at Japanese zoos. Noting that the facility marked the 30th anniversary of its Japan-China Joint Research on Giant Panda Breeding program in September last year, Adventure World said, "We'll continue discussions with the Chinese side as we strongly hope for a continuation of the project."
The Star
24-04-2025
- The Star
All 4 giant pandas at western Japan park to return to China in June
TOKYO, April 24 (Xinhua) -- All four giant pandas on loan to a theme park in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, the park's operator said Thursday. Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, announced that the 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin, will leave for their new home at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China's Sichuan Province. Adventure World began a breeding cooperation program with the Chinese panda research base in 1994 and was home to Eimei, a special envoy for Sino-Japan friendship who came to Japan on loan in 1994. Under the joint conservation project, 17 giant pandas were born in the Wakayama park over three decades. According to the operator, it has reached an agreement with the Chinese side that as the joint project is set to expire in August, and the two sides decided the four pandas will go to China in June, when temperatures are relatively cool. "We hope that these four giant pandas can live a healthy and happy life after returning to China, and we also hope that the young ones can take on the mission of breeding new lives," the park said. The departure of the four giant pandas would mean Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo would be the only remaining giant pandas housed in Japan.
Barnama
24-04-2025
- General
- Barnama
Four Pandas To Return To China From Japan Zoo In June
WAKAYAMA (Japan), April 24 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- All four giant pandas on loan to a zoo in western Japan will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, the zoo operator announced on Thursday. According to Kyodo news agency, the 24-year-old Rauhin and her offspring -- Yuihin, 8, Saihin, 6, and Fuhin, 4 -- will depart from Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, for their new home at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China's Sichuan Province, the operator said. Adventure World began a breeding cooperation programme with the Chinese panda research base in 1994 and was previously home to Eimei, a male panda who arrived in Japan on loan that same year.
Kyodo News
24-04-2025
- General
- Kyodo News
All 4 giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China in June
KYODO NEWS - 10 minutes ago - 19:58 | All, Japan All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, the zoo operator said Thursday. The 24-year-old Rauhin and her children -- Yuihin, 8, Saihin, 6, and Fuhin, 4 -- will leave Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, for their new home at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China's Sichuan Province, according to the operator. The Wakayama park began a breeding cooperation program with the Chinese panda research base in 1994 and was home to Eimei, who came to Japan on loan in 1994. While in Wakayama, he fathered 10 cubs with Rauhin and another six with a different female giant panda. Eimei was returned to China in 2023 and died earlier this year. The departure of the four pandas would mean only two giant pandas will be left in Japan. The two pandas are currently based at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens. The Ueno zoo received its first pandas in 1972 from China to commemorate the normalization of bilateral ties. Related coverage: Giant panda Eimei dies in China after repatriation from Japan Penguins charm visitors with winter strolls at Hokkaido zoo
