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.

In Beijing, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said giant pandas are “friendly ambassadors" conveying the goodwill of the Chinese people. Guo said that China and Japan have collaborated ...

WAKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo left for China on Saturday, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

Thousands of fans in Japan have bid an emotional farewell to four giant pandas. The pandas, a mother and her three daughters, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“We welcome Japan’s continuous interest in international cooperation on giant panda conservation and support for China’s giant panda conservation endeavor to jointly protect this special ...

Female giant panda Xiang Xiang, born in Japan’s Ueno Zoo in 2017 and returned to China in 2023, enjoys a birthday treat June 12 at the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research ...

Female Giant Panda Xiang Xiang, born in Japan's Ueno Zoo in 2017 and returned to China in 2023 enjoys a birthday treat at the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for ...

China’s giant panda loan program has long been a tool of diplomacy, but its significance for species conservation has proved important, too.

The China Wildlife Conservation Association said Thursday it has signed contracts with zoos in Spain and the United States to continue a conservation program that could lead to giant pandas ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. is celebrating 50 years of care, conservation and study of giant pandas. The pandas were treated to fruitsicle cakes to commemorate the occasion.