Giant pandas in Japan on journey back to China(1/3)

Lei Lei is seen eating before leaving Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo provided by Tokyo Zoological Park Society)

Japan will no longer have any more pandas for the first time in over five decades, as their last two pandas, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, returns to China.

Xiao Xiao is seen eating before leaving Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo provided by Tokyo Zoological Park Society)

A transport crate carrying giant panda Lei Lei is loaded onto a truck at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo provided by Tokyo Zoological Park Society)