What is your favorite zoo animal?
Three Kyodo News reporters -- Keinosuke Taga, Toma Mochizuki and Donican Lam -- talk about the pair of panda twins that is returning to China in January. Listen as they discuss various animals that have gone viral as well as other examples of animal diplomacy.
Article mentioned in the podcast:
Japan to go panda-less as Ueno zoo pair set for China return in January
Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing and how to translate tricky Japanese phrases into English. Have fun listening to journalists discuss recent articles as they occasionally go off on unrelated tangents.
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