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[Breaking News]Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China

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

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

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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China

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

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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China

Giant panda Rauhin is pictured on June 27, 2025, on the final day of her public display at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. All four giant pandas, including Rauhin, are set to leave the western Japan zoo 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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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 Rauhin is pictured on May 24, 2025, at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda gets Mother's Day gift

SHIRAHAMA, Japan, May 14 Kyodo - Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, receives carrots and bamboo sprouts as a gift for Mother's Day on May 11, 2025, at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Giant panda gets Mother's Day gift

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, receives carrots and bamboo sprouts as a gift for Mother's Day on May 11, 2025, at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda gets Mother's Day gift

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, receives carrots and bamboo sprouts as a gift for Mother's Day on May 11, 2025, at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda gets Mother's Day gift

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, receives carrots and bamboo sprouts as a gift for Mother's Day on May 11, 2025, at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda at Adventure World

Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2024, shows giant panda Rauhin 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 Rauhin, 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

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, is given artificial snow on her 24th birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Sept. 6, 2024.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, is given artificial snow on her 24th birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Sept. 6, 2024.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, is given artificial snow on her 24th birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Sept. 6, 2024.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, is given artificial snow on her 24th birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama on Sept. 6, 2024.

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Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024. Bamboo branches placed in front of the 23-year-old panda read "Thank you always."(Kyodo)

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Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024.

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Giant panda Rauhin on Mother's Day

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given young bamboo and carnation flower-shaped carrots (back, L) as gifts on Mother's Day on May 12, 2024. Bamboo branches placed in front of the 23-year-old panda read "Thank you always."

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Giant panda ahead of New Year

Giant panda Rauhin is given a "kadomatsu" traditional Japanese decoration for New Year and ice blocks on Dec. 27, 2023, in the shape of 2024 in celebration of the coming year at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda ahead of New Year

Giant panda Rauhin is given ice blocks on Dec. 27, 2023, carved into the numbers of 2024 in celebration of the coming New Year at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Rauhin, mother of 10 at the Adventure World amusement park and zoo in Shirahama in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, is given a pile of snow and carnation flower-shaped carrots as gifts on Mother's Day on May 14, 2023.

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Giant panda on White Day in Japan

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, gets presents including heart-shaped blocks of ice at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama in western Japan on March 14, 2023, Japan's "White Day," when men give candies to women in return for chocolates received a month earlier on Valentine's Day.

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Giant panda on White Day in Japan

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, gets presents including heart-shaped blocks of ice at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama in western Japan on March 14, 2023, Japan's "White Day," when men give candies to women in return for chocolates received a month earlier on Valentine's Day.

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Panda breeding on successful track at Wakayama zoo

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken June 4, 2013 shows giant panda Rauhin (R) and her female cub, Yuhin, at the Adventure World park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. Rauhin gave birth to Yuhin last August at the park, which has celebrated the birth of panda cubs on eight occasions, resulting in 12 cubs, all of which have survived.

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Baby giant panda at Wakayama theme park

TANABE, Japan - Eleven-year-old giant panda Rauhin cuddles Aug. 23, 2012, her newborn, a female cub born Aug. 10, at Adventure World, an animal theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. The baby cub was shown to the press shortly before it was shown to the general public later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Panda twins at Wakayama zoo named Meihin, Eihin

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Twin cubs, born to giant panda Rauhin at the Adventure World amusement park in Wakayama Prefecture in September, were named Meihin (L) and Eihin on Nov. 13. Meihin, the female cub, was born early in the morning of Sept. 13 and Eihin, the male cub, about 70 minutes later.

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Panda twins at Wakayama zoo named Meihin, Eihin

WAKAYAMA, Japan - The twin cubs born to giant panda Rauhin at the Adventure World amusement park in Wakayama Prefecture in September were named Meihin (R) and Eihin on Nov. 13. Meihin, the female cub, was born early in the morning of Sept. 13 and Eihin, the male cub, about 70 minutes later.

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Giant panda Rauhin's 22nd birthday in Japan

Giant panda Rauhin is pictured on Sept. 6, 2022, her 22nd 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 22 given as a present.

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Giant panda gets Mother's Day gift

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, receives a bouquet made with carrots and other of her favorite foods as a gift for Mother's Day on May 8, 2022.

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Giant panda gets Mother's Day gift

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, receives a bouquet made with carrots and other of her favorite foods as a gift for Mother's Day on May 8, 2022.

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Giant panda Rauhin on "White Day" in Japan

Giant panda Rauhin, a mother of 10, is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on March 14, 2022, Japan's "White Day," when men give candies to women in return for chocolates received a month earlier on Valentine's Day.

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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 pandas at western Japan zoo

Eleven-month-old giant panda Fuhin (L) and her mother Rauhin play at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 21, 2021.

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Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Eleven-month-old giant panda Fuhin (L) and her mother Rauhin play at Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 21, 2021.

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Giant panda Rauhin's 21st birthday in Japan

Giant panda Rauhin celebrates her 21st birthday on Sept. 6, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Rauhin's 21st birthday in Japan

Giant panda Rauhin celebrates her 21st birthday on Sept. 6, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Panda mother, cub in western Japan

Giant panda cub Fuhin (R) and her mother Rauhin are pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on April 22, 2021.

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Pandas in western Japan

Baby giant panda Yuihin (front) sits with her mother Rauhin at Adventure World, a leisure park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture on March 25, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo