The zoo has become famous for its unusual emergency drills. A zoo employee dressed in a snow leopard costume takes part in a drill to practice what to do in the event of an animal escape at the Tama ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 (AP) — 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 – 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 ...

TOKYO >> A giant panda cub was born in a Tokyo zoo today, but its gender, weight and even whether it will survive are uncertain. The mother, ShinShin, whose previous cub survived only six days, was ...

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 ...