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Twin giant pandas' arrival in China from Japan

Male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei head to a giant panda conservation and research center in the Chinese city of Yaan, Sichuan Province, after arriving at an airport in Chengdu from Japan on Jan. 28, 2026. The twin pandas left Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, where they were born and raised, the previous day.

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Twin giant pandas' arrival in China from Japan

An airplane carrying male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei arrives at an airport in Chengdu in China's Sichuan Province from Japan on Jan. 28, 2026. The twin pandas left the previous day Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens where they were born and raised.

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China return for Ueno zoo pandas

People bid farewell to male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei of Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens as an airplane carrying them left for China from Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026.

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China return for Ueno zoo pandas

Male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei of Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens are loaded into an airplane at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, to depart to China.

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China return for Ueno zoo pandas

A farewell message for male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei of Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens is posted on a building of department store Matsuzakaya Ueno in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, ahead of their departure to China.

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China return for Ueno zoo pandas

A truck carrying male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei leaves Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026 before they are sent to China.

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China return for Ueno zoo pandas

People watch a truck carrying male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei leave Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, before the animals are sent to China, marking the first time that Japan will be without pandas since the first ones arrived in the country in 1972.

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China return for Ueno zoo pandas

A truck carrying male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei leaves Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, before the animals are sent to China, marking the first time that Japan will be without pandas since the first ones arrived in the country in 1972.

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China return for Ueno zoo pandas

People watch a truck carrying male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei leave Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, before the animals are sent to China, marking the first time that Japan will be without pandas since the first ones arrived in the country in 1972.

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China return for Ueno zoo pandas

A truck carrying male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei leaves Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, before the animals are sent to China, marking the first time that Japan will be without pandas since the first ones arrived in the country in 1972.

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Final viewing day for Ueno zoo pandas

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 25 Kyodo - Video shows Xiao Xiao, a male giant panda, at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2026, the final day of his public viewing. He and his twin sister Lei Lei will be returned to China later January. (Kyodo)

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China return for Ueno zoo pandas

Combined photo shows male giant panda Xiao Xiao (R) and his twin sister Lei Lei at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2026, ahead of their departure to China on Jan. 27. (Pool photo)

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Final viewing day for Ueno zoo pandas

People in the final group selected by lottery to view male giant panda Xiao Xiao and his twin sister Lei Lei bid farewell to him at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2026, before the pandas' departure for China later in the month.

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