Pandas in Japan from China

Pandas in Japan from China

NARITA, Japan - A pair of giant pandas are transported in containers after arriving at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, in the evening of Feb. 21, 2011, from China aboard an airplane painted like a panda. The pandas will be kept at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. (Kyodo)

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