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China: Playful Tiger Cub Sneaks Up on Caretaker in Harbin Zoo

This video was filmed at a zoo in Harbin, Heilongjiang, on August 26, 2025. It captured the cute moment when a tiger cub tried to catch his caretaker off guard, but was quickly noticed, scooped into his arms, and turned into a cuddly kitten.

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New Kansai airport president

OSAKA, Japan - New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2013. Ando said his firm is sounding out foreign low-cost carriers, including China's Spring Airlines and Singapore Airlines' Scoot, to launch services using Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Spring Airlines launches Japan services

NARITA, Japan - A Spring Airlines Co. passenger jet arrives to a water-spraying welcome at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2014, the same day the Japanese unit of the Chinese budget carrier commenced three domestic routes after twice postponing the launch originally planned for May.

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Spring Japan jet takes off Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - A Spring Airlines jet departs Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2014, as the Japanese unit of the Chinese budget carrier commenced its service in Japan the same day.

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Spring Japan to sell indigenous products

TAKAMATSU, Japan - The Japanese unit of Chinese low-cost airline Spring Airlines Co. shows local specialties which the airline plans to sell on its flights at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on July 8, 2014. Local products will be sold on three routes connecting Narita with Takamatsu, Hiroshima, and Saga airports.

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Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Ugai, president of Spring Airlines Japan Co., apologizes at a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2014. The Japanese unit of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. said the same day it will postpone the start of flight services from June 27 as previously planned to Aug. 1 due to a delay in necessary preparations, including the training of crew members.

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Spring Airlines

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2014, shows an aircraft of Spring Airlines Japan at Narita airport near Tokyo. The Japanese unit of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. said the same day it will postpone the start of flight services from June 27 as previously planned to Aug. 1 due to a delay in necessary preparations, including the training of crew members.

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JTB invests in Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Tagawa (L front), president of Tokyo-based travel agency JTB Corp., and Wang Zhenghua, chairman of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co., shake hands after their press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2014. JTB has invested in Spring Airlines to boost travel between Japan and China.

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Spring Airlines serves Osaka-Shanghai route

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - An aircraft of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. serving the route between Osaka and Shanghai parks at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, western Japan, on March 15, 2014.

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Spring Airlines chairman meets press at Kansai airport

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Wang Zhenghua, chairman of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co., speaks to reporters at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on March 15, 2014.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A passenger plane operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. is seen on the tarmac at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014, as the airline company began daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka. Spring Airlines is the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A ceremony is held to mark the inauguration of Shanghai-Osaka flights by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014. Spring Airlines started daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka, becoming the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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Spring Airlines

OSAKA, Japan - Wang Wei (R), head of the Japan office of Spring Airlines Co., holds a press conference at Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014. The Chinese budget carrier will launch daily flights linking Shanghai and Osaka on March 15.

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Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Ugai (C), president of Spring Airlines Japan Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2013. The Japanese unit of the Chinese discount carrier Spring Airlines Co. plans to start scheduled passenger flights in late May 2014 linking Tokyo and three other cities in Japan.

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Spring Airlines freezes business expansion plans in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2012 shows passengers boarding a flight of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines bound for Ibaraki Airport in Japan at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in China. Spring Airlines, which currently operates flights to three Japanese cities, plans to freeze plans to fly to additional destinations in the country, the airline's chairman Wang Zhenghua said in late March 2013.

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China's low-cost Spring Airlines to fly to Thailand, S. Korea

SHANGHAI, China - Passengers board a flight of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines bound for Ibaraki Airport in Japan at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in China on May 20, 2012. The company is planning to fly to Thailand from July and to South Korea from August, expanding its international route network, which has so far been limited to Japanese cities, Chairman Wang Zhenghua and other top officials have told Kyodo News.

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Chinese tourists affirm safety of Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shohei Muroi (R), mayor of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, gives to China's Spring Airlines Chairman Wang Zhenghua a small self-righting doll, a local lucky charm, in front of Tsuruga Castle in the city on May 22, 2012, the last day of a three-day tour of the prefecture by a group of nearly 40 people from mainland China. Many of the Chinese tourists support the view the area is a wonderful and safe place to visit, after seeing with their own eyes that life in many ways has returned to normal following the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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1st China mainland tour group since disaster visits Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Wang Zhenghua, chairman of budget carrier Spring Airlines, receives a lei after arriving at Spa Resort Hawaiians, a leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012, in the first tourist group from China's mainland to visit Japan's Fukushima Prefecture since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Saga-Shanghai flight route launched

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa (2nd from R) attends a tape-cutting ceremony at Ariake Saga Airport on Jan. 18, 2012, to celebrate the start of a regular chartered passenger service between Shanghai and Saga, southwestern Japan, which was launched by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Chinese tourists arrive from Shanghai at Takamatsu airport in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2011. The regular charter flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. connecting the Chinese and Japanese cities was launched the same day.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight

SHANGHAI, China - Passengers board a plane bound for Takamatsu, western Japan, at Shanghai's Pudong airport on June 2, 2011. Chinese budget airline Spring Airlines Co. launched a regular charter flight service between the two cities that day, more than two months later than initially planned due to the March natural disasters in Japan.

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Spring Airlines flight arrives in Ibaraki

TOKYO, Japan - Spring Airlines President Wang Zhenghua (C) and Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (2nd from L) attend a ceremony at Ibaraki airport, northeast of Tokyo, on July 28, 2010, to mark the arrival of the first flight of the Chinese budget airline from Shanghai. Spring Airlines became the second foreign airline to operate flights to Ibaraki.

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Spring Airlines flight arrives in Ibaraki

TOKYO, Japan - The first flight of Spring Airlines arrives at Ibaraki airport, northeast of Tokyo, from Shanghai on July 28, 2010. Spring Airlines became the second foreign airline to operate flights to Ibaraki.

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JAL in talks with rival NCA to merge air cargo business

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. executive Kunio Hirata (L) and Hitoshi Oshika, corporate officer of Nippon Yusen K.K., attend a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21. JAL said it is negotiating with Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., a Nippon Yusen arm, to merge cargo operations next spring to turn JAL's cargo business around.

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JAL resumes Tokyo-Dallas route for 1st time in 14 years

Officials of Japan Airlines Co. cut the tape during a ceremony at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2015, to mark the resumption of JAL's flight service connecting Narita with Dallas, Texas, after a hiatus of 14 years. The service was launched with four round trips a week the same day and is expected to increase to one round trip a day from spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL resumes Tokyo-Dallas route for 1st time in 14 years

Yoshiharu Ueki, president of Japan Airlines Co., gives a speech in a ceremony at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2015, to mark the resumption of JAL's flight service connecting Narita with Dallas, Texas, after a hiatus of 14 years. The service was launched with four round trips a week the same day and is expected to increase to one round trip a day from spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spring Airlines launches regular flights linking Nagoya to 5 Chinese cities

Representatives and guests of Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines cut the ribbon at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya on June 29, 2015, during a ceremony marking the launch of regular flights from the central Japan airport to five Chinese cities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Spring Airlines to serve central Japan airport

Spring Airlines Japan Co. General Manager Sun Zhencheng (L) shakes hands with Central Japan International Airport Co. President Hiroshi Kawakami in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on June 9, 2015. They agreed to have the Chinese low-cost carrier start services between the central Japanese airport and five Chinese cities from June 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Spring Airlines to expand services at Kansai airport

Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines Co. CEO Zhang Xiuzhi (2nd from L) shakes hands with Keiichi Ando, president of New Kansai International Airport Co., during a press conference at a hotel inside Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 3, 2015. Spring Airlines announced a plan to increase the number of Chinese destinations from the airport from the existing six to more than 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Spring Group to open hotel chain in Japan

Wang Zhenghua (C), chairman of China Spring Group, unveils a plan on Oct. 28, 2015, to open a chain of hotels in Japan. The first hotel is expected to open in the first half of 2016 near Nagoya, central Japan. The group owns Spring Airlines and Shanghai Spring International Travel Services, China's largest low-cost carrier and travel agency respectively. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese budget carrier to open new routes to Japan

Chinese low-cost career Spring Airlines Co. announces the launch of regular flights between three cities in China and Japan at a press conference at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 26, 2015. The flights will connect the airport with Guiyang in Guizhou Province, Changzhou in Jiangsu Province and Yinchuan in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region starting on Sept. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spring Airlines flight arrives in Ibaraki

TOKYO, Japan - The first flight of Spring Airlines arrives at Ibaraki airport, northeast of Tokyo, from Shanghai on July 28, 2010. Spring Airlines became the second foreign airline to operate flights to Ibaraki. (Kyodo)

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Spring Airlines flight arrives in Ibaraki

TOKYO, Japan - Spring Airlines President Wang Zheng Hua (C) and Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (2nd from L) attend a ceremony at Ibaraki airport, northeast of Tokyo, on July 28, 2010, to mark the arrival of the first flight of the Chinese budget airline from Shanghai. Spring Airlines became the second foreign airline to operate flights to Ibaraki. (Kyodo)

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Chinese tourists arrive from Shanghai at Takamatsu airport in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2011. The regular charter flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. connecting the Chinese and Japanese cities was launched the same day. (Kyodo)

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight

SHANGHAI, China - Passengers board a plane bound for Takamatsu, western Japan, at Shanghai's Pudong airport on June 2, 2011. Chinese budget airline Spring Airlines Co. launched a regular charter flight service between the two cities that day, more than two months later than initially planned due to the March natural disasters in Japan. (Kyodo)

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China's low-cost Spring Airlines to fly to Thailand, S. Korea

SHANGHAI, China - Passengers board a flight of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines bound for Ibaraki Airport in Japan at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in China on May 20, 2012. The company is planning to fly to Thailand from July and to South Korea from August, expanding its international route network, which has so far been limited to Japanese cities, Chairman Wang Zhenghua and other top officials have told Kyodo News. (Kyodo)

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Chinese tourists affirm safety of Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shohei Muroi (R), mayor of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, gives to China's Spring Airlines Chairman Wang Zhenghua a small self-righting doll, a local lucky charm, in front of Tsuruga Castle in the city on May 22, 2012, the last day of a three-day tour of the prefecture by a group of nearly 40 people from mainland China. Many of the Chinese tourists support the view the area is a wonderful and safe place to visit, after seeing with their own eyes that life in many ways has returned to normal following the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)

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1st China mainland tour group since disaster visits Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Wang Zhenghua, chairman of budget carrier Spring Airlines, receives a lei after arriving at Spa Resort Hawaiians, a leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012, in the first tourist group from China's mainland to visit Japan's Fukushima Prefecture since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Spring Airlines launches Japan services

NARITA, Japan - A Spring Airlines Co. passenger jet arrives to a water-spraying welcome at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2014, the same day the Japanese unit of the Chinese budget carrier commenced three domestic routes after twice postponing the launch originally planned for May. (Kyodo)

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Spring Japan to sell indigenous products

TAKAMATSU, Japan - The Japanese unit of Chinese low-cost airline Spring Airlines Co. shows local specialties which the airline plans to sell on its flights at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on July 8, 2014. Local products will be sold on three routes connecting Narita with Takamatsu, Hiroshima, and Saga airports. (Kyodo)

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Saga-Shanghai flight route launched

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa (2nd from R) attends a tape-cutting ceremony at Ariake Saga Airport on Jan. 18, 2012, to celebrate the start of a regular chartered passenger service between Shanghai and Saga, southwestern Japan, which was launched by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines. (Kyodo)

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JAL in talks with rival NCA to merge air cargo business

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. executive Kunio Hirata (L) and Hitoshi Oshika, corporate officer of Nippon Yusen K.K., attend a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 21. JAL said it is negotiating with Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., a Nippon Yusen arm, to merge cargo operations next spring to turn JAL's cargo business around. (Kyodo)