Plan for tsunami-hit Sendai to lease pandas from China hits snag

Plan for tsunami-hit Sendai to lease pandas from China hits snag

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows zookeeper Toshikazu Abe pointing to the planned construction site of a panda house at the Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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