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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China

SHIRAHAMA, Japan, June 27 Kyodo - Visitors take photos of giant panda Saihin on June 27, 2025, on the final day of her public display at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. All four giant pandas, including Saihin, 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

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 Saihin 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 Saihin, are set to leave on June 28 to return to China.

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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China

Giant panda Saihin 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 Saihin, are set to leave on June 28 to return to China.

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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China

Visitors take photos of giant panda Saihin on June 27, 2025, on the final day of her public display at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. All four giant pandas, including Saihin, 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

Visitors take photos of giant panda Saihin on June 27, 2025, on the final day of her public display at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. All four giant pandas, including Saihin, 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

Visitors take photos of giant panda Saihin (back) on June 27, 2025, on the final day of her public display at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. All four giant pandas, including Saihin, 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

Visitors take photos of giant panda Saihin on June 27, 2025, on the final day of her public display at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. All four giant pandas, including Saihin, 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

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

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Giant panda at Adventure World

Photo taken on June 21, 2025, shows giant panda Saihin at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, a week ahead of her return to China. Four giant pandas on loan to Japan, including Saihin, are scheduled to return to China on June 28 ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

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Giant panda at Adventure World

Photo taken on June 21, 2025, shows giant panda Saihin at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, a week ahead of her return to China. Four giant pandas on loan to Japan, including Saihin, are scheduled to return to China on June 28 ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

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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 Adventure World

Photo taken on Aug. 14, 2024, shows giant panda Saihin 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 Saihin, will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

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Giant panda Saihin's 6th birthday

Giant panda Saihin plays with a bamboo ball on her sixth birthday on Aug. 14, 2024, at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda Saihin's 6th birthday

Giant panda Saihin plays with a bamboo ball on her sixth birthday on Aug. 14, 2024, at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin is pictured sitting on a pile of artificial snow on her fifth birthday at Adventure World zoo in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2023. Saihin was given 100 round-shaped pieces of ice forming the number "5" as a gift.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin is pictured next to a pile of artificial snow on her fifth birthday at Adventure World zoo in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2023. Saihin was given 100 round-shaped pieces of ice forming the number "5" as a gift.

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Giant panda Saihin at western Japan zoo

Four-year-old giant panda Saihin is given a "kadomatsu" traditional Japanese decoration for the New Year and ice blocks carved into the numbers "2023" in celebration of the coming year at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 27, 2022.

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Giant panda Saihin in western Japan

Giant panda Saihin is pictured on her fourth birthday on Aug. 14, 2022, at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Saihin in western Japan

Giant panda Saihin is pictured on her fourth birthday on Aug. 14, 2022, at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Saihin in western Japan

Giant panda Saihin is pictured on her fourth birthday on Aug. 14, 2022, at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Saihin in western Japan

Giant panda Saihin is pictured on her fourth birthday on Aug. 14, 2022, at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Saihin

Giant panda Saihin is pictured on artificial snow shaped like a Christmas tree on Dec. 25, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Saihin's 3rd birthday

Giant panda Saihin is pictured on her third birthday on Aug. 14, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Saihin's 3rd birthday

Giant panda Saihin is pictured on her third birthday on Aug. 14, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda Saihin's 3rd birthday

Giant panda Saihin is pictured on her third birthday on Aug. 14, 2021, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan.

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Giant panda on "White Day" in Japan

Giant panda Saihin holds a handmade feeder given as a "White Day" gift at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, on March 14, 2021.

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Panda breeder in Japan

Female giant panda cub Saihin is placed on a scale at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 20, 2018. The cub weighed 75 grams when she was born in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panda breeder in Japan

Giant panda breeder Kimiyo Shintani holds female cub Saihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant panda at Japan zoo ahead of 2021

Giant panda Saihin is given ice blocks on Dec. 29, 2020 carved into the numbers of 2021 in celebration of the coming new year at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda at Japan zoo ahead of 2021

Giant panda Saihin is given ice blocks on Dec. 29, 2020 carved into the numbers of 2021 in celebration of the coming new year at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda at Japan zoo ahead of 2021

Giant panda Saihin is given ice blocks on Dec. 29, 2020 carved into the numbers of 2021 in celebration of the coming new year at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin plays on artificial snow at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2020, her second birthday.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin plays on artificial snow at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 14, 2020, her second birthday.

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Panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 10, 2020. The 1-year-old female panda was reappointed as "ambassador" for traffic safety by the local prefectural police.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Female giant panda Saihin is pictured at the Adventure World zoo in the western Japan town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2019. The 1-year-old panda was moved to a separate facility so she can develop independently of her mother. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on March 23, 2020. The park partially resumed the same day following a nearly month-long suspension that started on Feb. 29 due to the coronavirus epidemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on March 23, 2020. The park partially resumed the same day following a nearly month-long suspension that started on Feb. 29 due to the coronavirus epidemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Saihin is pictured at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on March 23, 2020. The park partially resumed the same day following a nearly month-long suspension that started on Feb. 29 due to the coronavirus epidemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant pandas in western Japan

Giant panda Rauhin (L) breastfeeds her cub Saihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 6, 2019, the mother's 19th birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panda in Japan

Photo taken Aug. 14, 2019, shows giant panda cub Saihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on her first birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panda in Japan

Photo taken Aug. 14, 2019, shows giant panda cub Saihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on her first birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant panda at zoo in Japan

Giant panda Saihin approaches ice sculptures at the Adventure World zoo in Shirahama, western Japan, on Nov. 28, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo