TOKYO An event of warm and friendly exchanges centered around giant pandas was hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Japan on Friday evening, with the guests sharing love for the cute animal as well as anecdotes about the China-Japan relations.
The Japan-born giant panda Xiang Xiang is about to be transferred to an airplane in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023.Xiang Xiang, a female panda born here on June 12, 2017, was the first panda naturally born and raised at the zoo in the nearly three decades since You You, born in 1988.
Large crowds gathered at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Tuesday to say goodbye as Xiang Xiang, the first giant panda naturally bred and raised in Japan, was flown home to China.