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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 Yuihin 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 Yuihin, 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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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo to return to China

Giant panda Yuihin 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 Yuihin, are set to leave the western Japan zoo on June 28 to return to China.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin eats bamboo at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 24, 2025.

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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 April 24, 2025, shows giant panda Yuihin at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The zoo said the same day that four giant pandas on loan to Japan, including Yuihin, will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

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Giant panda at Adventure World

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

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[Breaking News]Giant panda at western Japan zoo

SHIRAHAMA, Japan, Sept. 18 Kyodo - Giant panda Yuihin is pictured next to artificial snow given to her on her eighth birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024. Yuihin was given an eight-sided ice block as well. (Kyodo)

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

SHIRAHAMA, Japan, Sept. 18 Kyodo - Giant panda Yuihin is pictured next to artificial snow given to her on her eighth birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024. Yuihin was given an eight-sided ice block as well. (Kyodo)

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin is pictured next to artificial snow given to her on her eighth birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024. Yuihin was given an eight-sided ice block as well.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Wakayama , Japan, Feb. 14 Kyodo -Female giant panda Yuihin eats bamboo near an ice block given as a Valentine's Day gift at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Female giant panda Yuihin eats bamboo given as a Valentine's Day gift at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2024.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Female giant panda Yuihin eats bamboo near an ice block given as a Valentine's Day gift at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2024.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Female giant panda Yuihin eats bamboo near an ice block given as a Valentine's Day gift at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 14, 2024.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin is pictured next to a pile of artificial snow on her seventh birthday at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2023. Yuihin was given gifts of a seven-shaped ice block and a bow-shaped snow block.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin is pictured next to a pile of artificial snow on her seventh birthday at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2023. Yuihin was given gifts of a seven-shaped ice block and a bow-shaped snow block.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, eats bamboo on Sept. 18, 2021, her fifth birthday.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, is pictured behind ice carved into the number 5 on Sept. 18, 2021, her fifth birthday.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, looks at ice carved into the number 5 on Sept. 18, 2021, her fifth birthday.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, eats bamboo on Sept. 18, 2021, her fifth birthday.

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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

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, sits next to a pile of artificial snow sent on Sept. 18, 2020, for her fourth birthday.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, sits next to a pile of artificial snow sent on Sept. 18, 2020, for her fourth birthday.

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Panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda cub Yuihin at the Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, lies on artificial snow on Sept. 19, 2019, a day after turning three years old. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo