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Panda returned from Japan zoo

Photo taken on May 5, 2023, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan Province, southwestern China, shows one of the three giant pandas returned in February from a zoo in western Japan. Eimei and his Japan-born female twins, Ouhin and Touhin, spent years at Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture under a Japan-China joint breeding program.

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Panda returned from Japan zoo

Photo taken on May 5, 2023, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan Province, southwestern China, shows one of the three giant pandas returned in February from a zoo in western Japan. Eimei and his Japan-born female twins, Ouhin and Touhin, spent years at Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture under a Japan-China joint breeding program.

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customs officers checks giant panda Ouhin at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 23, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customs officers supervise the unloading of giant panda Eimei at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Touhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2023 shows giant panda Eimei arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Ouhin arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Eimei at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customs officers supervise the unloading of giant panda Touhin at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Touhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2023 shows giant panda Eimei arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Ouhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Eimei arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Ouhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Touhin arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 22, 2023. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230223) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows giant panda Touhin arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Giant panda Eimei, together with its twin cubs Ouhin and Touhin, born in Japan, arrived at home in Sichuan Province on Wednesday night. The plane carrying the three pandas landed at the province's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday. They will be kept in quarantine for a month at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, was born in Beijing Zoo in 1992, and was sent to Japan under cooperative breeding programs in 1994. With age the human equivalent of 90, Eimei was the oldest giant panda living in Japan and has fathered a total of 16 panda cubs. The twin sisters, Ouhin and Touhin, who returned to China with Eimei, were born in 2014. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors shoot videos of giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant pandas Ouhin, Touhin and Eimei (L-R) are about to set off for China at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2023 shows giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos of a banner with a picture of giant panda Eimei and a slogan which reads "Thank you, Eimei!" at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Ouhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members line up to bid farewell to giant pandas Eimei, Ouhin and Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor attends a farewell ceremony held for giant pandas Eimei, Ouhin and Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors take photos of giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member feeds giant panda Touhin with apples at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors take a selfie at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, is put in a cage on Feb. 22, 2023, in preparation for his departure for China.

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Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Cages carrying giant pandas (from L to R) Ouhin, Touhin and Eimei are secured on a truck at Adventure World in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2023, in preparation for their departure for China.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, enjoys his bamboo meal on his final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, enjoys his bamboo meal on his final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to snap photos of giant panda Eimei, making his final public appearance before flying to China with his Japanese-born twin daughters.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, is put in a cage on Feb. 22, 2023, in preparation for his departure for China.

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CORRECTED: Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Cages carrying giant pandas (from L to R) Ouhin, Touhin and Eimei are secured on a truck at Adventure World in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 22, 2023, in preparation for their departure for China.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, is put in a cage in preparation for his departure for China, on Feb. 22, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, enjoys his bamboo meal on his final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Eimei, one of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, flying to China, enjoys his bamboo meal on his final day for public viewing on Feb. 21, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to snap photos of giant panda Eimei, making his final public appearance before flying to China with his Japanese-born twin daughters.

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Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to snap photos of Eimei (L) and his daughter Touhin, making their final public appearances before flying to China.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Visitors flock to Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 21, 2023, to bid farewell to Eimei, one of three giant pandas at the theme park making their final public appearances before flying to China.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Thirty-year-old male giant panda Eimei receives bamboo as a Valentine's Day gift at a zoo in Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Thirty-year-old male giant panda Eimei receives bamboo as a Valentine's Day gift at a zoo in Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2023.

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JAPAN-WAKAYAMA-GIANT PANDA-SPECIAL ENVOY-SINO-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP

(221218) -- SHIRAHAMA, Dec. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Eimei is pictured in Adventure World, an amusement park in Shirahama of Japan's Wakayama prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2022. Eimei, a giant panda that has lived in Japan for 28 years, was appointed a special envoy for Sino-Japan friendship in western Japan on Saturday. (Xinhua/Jiang Qiaomei)

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JAPAN-WAKAYAMA-GIANT PANDA-SPECIAL ENVOY-SINO-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP

(221218) -- SHIRAHAMA, Dec. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A ceremony is held for the designation of the giant panda Eimei as a special envoy for Sino-Japan friendship in Adventure World, an amusement park in Shirahama of Japan's Wakayama prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2022. Eimei, a giant panda that has lived in Japan for 28 years, was appointed a special envoy for Sino-Japan friendship in western Japan on Saturday. (Xinhua/Jiang Qiaomei)

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JAPAN-WAKAYAMA-GIANT PANDA-SPECIAL ENVOY-SINO-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP

(221218) -- SHIRAHAMA, Dec. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Eimei is pictured in Adventure World, an amusement park in Shirahama of Japan's Wakayama prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2022. Eimei, a giant panda that has lived in Japan for 28 years, was appointed a special envoy for Sino-Japan friendship in western Japan on Saturday. (Xinhua/Jiang Qiaomei)

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Giant panda Eimei named goodwill ambassador

Giant panda Eimei is pictured on Dec. 17, 2022, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan. Eimei, who turned 30 earlier this year and will return to China in February 2023, was named a goodwill ambassador in charge of promoting friendship between Japan and China to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

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Panda leaves for China from Wakayama for breeding

OSAKA, Japan - Four-year-old giant panda Kohin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, arrives at Osaka International Airport on March 15, 2010, to leave for Sichuan Province, China, for the purpose of breeding. Kohin, born to Chinese pandas Eimei and Meimei at Adventure World in 2005, will stay in his parents' home country without coming back to Japan.

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Giant panda Eimei's 30th birthday in Japan

Giant panda Eimei is pictured on Sept. 14, 2022, his 30th birthday, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, with ice blocks shaped in the form of the number 30 given as a present.

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Giant panda Eimei's 30th birthday in Japan

Giant panda Eimei is pictured on Sept. 14, 2022, his 30th birthday, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, with ice blocks shaped in the form of the number 30 given as a present.