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Panda returned from Japan zoo

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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Japan-born Panda in China

Japan-born Panda in China

Photo taken Nov. 8, 2023, shows Japan-born giant panda Ouhin at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China's Sichuan Province. It spent years at Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture under a Japan-China joint breeding program.

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Panda returned from Japan zoo

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 pandas at western Japan zoo

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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CORRECTED: Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

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 pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Touhin (R) and Ouhin, two of three giant pandas at Adventure World in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, are put in cages in preparation for their departure for China, on Feb. 22, 2023.

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Panda twins' 7th birthday in Japan

Panda twins' 7th birthday in Japan

Giant panda Touhin marks her seventh birthday with twin sister Ouhin (unseen) on Dec. 2, 2021 at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, with flower-shaped pink ice blocks given to them as a present.

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Panda twins' 7th birthday in Japan

Panda twins' 7th birthday in Japan

Giant panda twins Ouhin (L) and Touhin mark their seventh birthday on Dec. 2, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, with flower-shaped pink ice blocks given to them as a present.

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Panda twins have 6th birthday in Japan

Panda twins have 6th birthday in Japan

Giant panda twins Ouhin (L) and Touhin celebrate their sixth birthday on Dec. 2, 2020, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Panda twins have 6th birthday in Japan

Panda twins have 6th birthday in Japan

Giant panda twins Ouhin (L) and Touhin celebrate their sixth birthday on Dec. 2, 2020, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Twin giant pandas turn 5 years old at Japan zoo

Twin giant pandas turn 5 years old at Japan zoo

A female giant panda named Touhin (pictured) and her twin sister Ouhin celebrate their fifth birthday at Adventure World leisure park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 2, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Twin giant pandas turn 5 years old at Japan zoo

Twin giant pandas turn 5 years old at Japan zoo

A female giant panda named Ouhin (pictured) and her twin sister Touhin celebrate their fifth birthday at Adventure World leisure park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 2, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant panda twin sisters Ouhin and Touhin are treated to bamboo grass with ornaments made from carrots ahead of the July 7 Tanabata star festival at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant panda twin sisters Ouhin and Touhin are treated to bamboo grass with ornaments made from carrots ahead of the July 7 Tanabata star festival at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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