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Japan: Four Pandas Begin Journey to China from Adventure World, Wakayama 2

The four giant pandas, 24-year-old mother Rauhin and her three daughters Yuihin, Saihin, and Fuhin, began their return to China from Adventure World, a theme park in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on Saturday, June 28. They were loaded onto two trucks and seen off by around 300 people, including facility staff, before heading for Kansai International Airport, a day after thousands of fans bid them a teary farewell during their last public appearance.

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Staff members transfer newly arrived giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. 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. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Staff members transfer newly arrived giant pandas at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. 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. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Staff members transfer newly arrived giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. 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. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. 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. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. 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. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: Four Pandas Begin Journey to China from Adventure World, Wakayama

The four giant pandas, 24-year-old mother Rauhin and her three daughters Yuihin, Saihin, and Fuhin, began their return to China from Adventure World, a theme park in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on Saturday, June 28. They were loaded onto two trucks and seen off by around 300 people, including facility staff, before heading for Kansai International Airport, a day after thousands of fans bid them a teary farewell during their last public appearance. This video shows trucks carrying pandas arriving near KIX airport.

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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China

Giant panda Fuhin is pictured before the opening of Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 27, 2025, the final day of her public display. All four giant pandas at the western Japan zoo, including Fuhin, are set to leave on June 28 to return to China.

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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas, (from top L, clockwise) Rauhin, Yuihin, Fuhin and Saihin, are pictured at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 11, 2025, Sept. 18, 2022, Dec. 24, 2024 and Aug. 14, 2024, respectively. All four giant pandas on loan to the western Japan zoo are set to leave on June 28, 2025, to return to China.

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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China

Giant panda Fuhin is pictured before the opening of Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 27, 2025, the final day of her public display. All four giant pandas at the western Japan zoo, including Fuhin, are set to leave on June 28 to return to China.

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Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas -- (from top L, clockwise) Rauhin, Yuihin, Saihin and Fuhin -- are pictured at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 11, 2025, Sept. 18, 2022, Aug. 14, 2024, and Dec. 24, 2024, respectively.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin is pictured on May 20, 2025, at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. Wakayama prefectural police presented a certificate of gratitude the same day for the panda's promotion of traffic safety.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin is pictured on May 20, 2025, at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. Wakayama prefectural police presented a certificate of gratitude the same day for the panda's promotion of traffic safety.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin (back) is pictured on May 20, 2025, at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The park's deputy director Tatsuko Nakao (L) received a certificate of gratitude on behalf of the panda for promoting traffic safety.

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Giant panda at Adventure World

Photo taken on Dec. 24, 2024, shows giant panda Fuhin at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The zoo said on April 24, 2025, that four giant pandas on loan to Japan, including Fuhin, will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

SHIRAHAMA, Japan, Feb. 14 Kyodo - Giant panda Fuhin is given heart-shaped ice blocks as a Valentine's Day gift at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Feb. 14, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin is given heart-shaped ice blocks as a Valentine's Day gift at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin is given heart-shaped ice blocks as a Valentine's Day gift at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given a star-shaped ice block as a Christmas gift at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Dec. 24, 2024.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given a star-shaped ice block and bamboo leaves as Christmas gifts at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Dec. 24, 2024.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given ice blocks as a gift for her fourth birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Nov. 22, 2024.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given ice blocks as a gift for her fourth birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Nov. 22, 2024.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given ice blocks as a gift for her fourth birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Nov. 22, 2024.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given artificial snow and ice at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on July 5, 2024.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given artificial snow and ice at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on July 5, 2024.

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Giant panda Fuhin

SHIRAHAMA, Japan Kyodo - Giant panda Fuhin is given artificial snow as a Christmas gift at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Dec. 23, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given artificial snow as a Christmas gift at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Dec. 23, 2023.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given artificial snow as a Christmas gift at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Dec. 23, 2023.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given ice blocks as a gift for her third birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Nov. 22, 2023.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Giant panda Fuhin is given ice blocks as a gift for her third birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Nov. 22, 2023.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin chews on a bamboo shoot at Adventure World zoo in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 10, 2023. Fuhin was appointed as a traffic safety ambassador by the Wakayama Prefectural Police for a second term on the same day.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Two-year-old female giant panda Fuhin at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama is given ice blocks as a gift for Girls' Day on March 3, 2023.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Two-year-old female giant panda Fuhin at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama is given ice blocks as a gift for Girls' Day on March 3, 2023.

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Giant panda Fuhin

Two-year-old female giant panda Fuhin at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama is given ice blocks as a gift for Girls' Day on March 3, 2023.

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Giant panda Fuhin

One-year-old giant panda Fuhin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on April 14, 2022.

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Giant panda Fuhin

One-year-old giant panda Fuhin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on April 14, 2022.

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Giant panda Fuhin

One-year-old giant panda Fuhin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on April 14, 2022.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 5, 2022. The panda is set to take the role of "ambassador" for traffic safety, according to the local prefectural police.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Fuhin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 5, 2022. The panda is set to take the role of "ambassador" for traffic safety, according to the local prefectural police.

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Giant panda Fuhin

One-year-old giant panda Fuhin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on March 3, 2022.

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Giant panda Fuhin

One-year-old giant panda Fuhin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on March 3, 2022.

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Giant panda Fuhin

One-year-old giant panda Fuhin is given a "kadomatsu" traditional Japanese decoration for New Year and ice blocks on Dec. 27, 2021, carved into the numbers of 2022 in celebration of the coming year at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda Fuhin's 1st birthday

Giant panda cub Fuhin is pictured on her first birthday on Nov. 22, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Fuhin's 1st birthday

Giant panda cub Fuhin (R) is pictured with her mother Rauhin on her first birthday on Nov. 22, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Fuhin's 1st birthday

Giant panda Rauhin (L) breastfeeds Fuhin on the cub's first birthday on Nov. 22, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Fuhin's 1st birthday

Giant panda Rauhin (L) breastfeeds Fuhin on the cub's first birthday on Nov. 22, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Fuhin's 1st birthday

Visitors watch giant panda Rauhin (L) and her cub Fuhin on Fuhin's first birthday on Nov. 22, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Fuhin's 1st birthday

Visitors take photos of giant panda Rauhin (top) and her cub Fuhin on Fuhin's first birthday on Nov. 22, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Fuhin's 1st birthday

Giant panda cub Fuhin is pictured on her first birthday on Nov. 22, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Fuhin's 1st birthday

Giant panda cub Fuhin is pictured on her first birthday on Nov. 22, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.