"I think their names have a very bright image," Tokyo's Governor Yuriko Koike said of Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, a set of giant panda twins born in June at the Ueno Zoo Glenn Garner is a form ...

Call it "pandanomics."News of the birth of a panda at a Tokyo zoo sent shares in two local restaurant operators soaring.Ueno Zoo announced Monday that its giant panda Shin Shin gave birth to at least ...

TOKYO – Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June got their names Friday – Lei Lei for the female cub, and Xiao Xiao for her brother. They were chosen from hundreds of thousands of ...

TOKYO, Japan (AP) – New video of a giant baby panda was released this weekend by a zoo in Japan. The cub was born last month and has not been named yet. Tokyo’s government says it will take ideas for ...

TOKYO — Twin panda cubs made their first public appearance Wednesday before devoted fans in Tokyo, but they will be on display only briefly for now — over three days — due to a spike in COVID-19 cases ...

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TOKYO – A month ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, the city has another reason to celebrate – giant panda Shin Shin has given birth to twin cubs at Ueno Zoo, the first panda birth there in four ...

With so much to see and do in downtown Tokyo, it’s no wonder that so many travelers choose it as their base when visiting Japan, and as Japan’s most populous city, it’s a popular choice for residents ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's oldest zoo unveiled the first baby elephant to be born there since its founding more than a century ago, and asked the public for help in naming it. The male calf was shown ...

In my youth, scenes from a zoo evoked an exhilarating feeling, like taking a family trip to a state fair or a city amusement park. A visit to the Tama Zoological Park in Hino, Japan, brought back some ...