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Final goodbye for two pandas

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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.

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.

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