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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows the Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customs officers supervise the unloading of the Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member disinfects a vehicle loaded with the Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows the Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows the Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member and a veterinarian (2nd R) examine the Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang arrives at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-GIANT PANDA-ARRIVAL (CN)

(230221) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A veterinarian examines the Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 21, 2022. Female giant panda Xiang Xiang on Tuesday morning left Ueno Zoo in Tokyo of Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Xiang Xiang was born at Ueno Zoo in June 2017 to Shin Shin (female) and Ri Ri (male), two giant pandas on loan from China, where the ownership over the cubs they give birth to belongs. Now five years and eight months old, the panda has reached her breeding maturity. "Considering the future of Xiang Xiang and the giant pandas as a species, it would be amazing if it found a good mate and breed in China," Yutaka Fukuda, director of Ueno Zoo, told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

Yutaka Fukuda, head of Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, speaks to reporters after seeing off Xiang Xiang the giant panda on Feb. 21, 2023, her day of departure to China.

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Giant panda Xiang Xiang

Yutaka Fukuda, head of Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, speaks to reporters after seeing off Xiang Xiang the giant panda on Feb. 21, 2023, her day of departure to China.

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Panda ceremony

Yutaka Fukuda (L), head of the Ueno Zoological Gardens, receives a gift from Wang Wan, the wife of Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua, during a ceremony at the zoo in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2017, ahead of the public debut of giant panda cub Xiang Xiang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan celebrates giant panda cub born at Tokyo zoo

Yutaka Fukuda, head of the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, meets with reporters on June 13, 2017, a day after the 11-year-old giant panda Shin Shin gave birth to a cub there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant panda at Tokyo zoo gives birth to cub, 1st since 2012

Yutaka Fukuda (L), head of the Ueno Zoological Gardens, talks about the birth of a giant panda cub at a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2017. The zoo's 11-year-old female Shin Shin gave birth to the cub the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo