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Final goodbye for two pandas
The Citizen
|January 26, 2026
Panda lovers in Tokyo yesterday said goodbye to a hugely popular pair of the bears that are set to return to China, leaving Japan without the beloved animals for the first time in half a century.
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Loaned out as part of China’s “panda diplomacy” programme, the animals have symbolised friendship between Beijing and Tokyo since the normalisation of diplomatic ties in 1972.
This story is from the January 26, 2026 edition of The Citizen.
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