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In 1994, China began cooperation on giant panda conservation with Adventure World amusement park, located in the coastal town of Shirahama in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture.

All four giant pandas on loan to a western Japan zoo left for China on Saturday, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, Kyodo News Agency reported. The 24-year-old Rauhin and her offspring ...

When asked if China and Japan will continue their international cooperation on giant panda conservation as Wakayama’s four giant pandas will soon return to China and Japan’s only remaining two ...

SHIRAHAMA, Japan (AP) — Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal town of Shirahama as the… ...

SHIRAHAMA, Japan — Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal town of Shirahama as the animals made their last public appearance ...

"We welcome Japan's continuous interest in international cooperation on giant panda conservation and support for China's giant panda conservation endeavor to jointly protect this special species.

According to Bexell, if real conservation is to be achieved, China must focus on the root causes of wild panda decline: habitat destruction and overpopulation.

Panda conservation efforts focused on designating areas where pandas and other animals could thrive. Although many species benefited from the initiative, some lost out.

Tokyo, 8 May 2019: WWF has today requested the government of Japan to conduct an overhaul of the legal system governing its domestic ivory market. Ryuji (Ron) Tsutsui, CEO of WWF Japan made the ...

Panda conservation benefits a variety of plants and animals, not just pandas, new research proves.