Mori receives photo of crested ibis from Zhu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) receives a photo of a female crested ibis from Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in a banquet in Tokyo on Oct. 13. The ibis Mei Mei is being presented to Japan for mating with Yu Yu, which is being raised at the Sado Crested Ibis Conservation Center on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture. Yu Yu was born in May last year to Yang Yang and You You, which were a gift from Chinese President Jiang Zemin to Emperor Akihito on the occasion of Jiang's visit to Japan in 1998.

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