Tan Tan, the oldest giant panda in Japan, has died at age 28 at a Kobe zoo after contributing to friendly ties with China and cheering up locals in the aftermath of a major earthquake that hit western Japan in 1995, the zoo said Monday.The panda, who was between 80 and 100 years old in human years, came to Oji Zoo from China in 2000 for breeding purposes.She had been scheduled to be sent back to her home country in July 2020 upon the expiration of her lease agreement, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and later because she was undergoing treatment for cardiac disease.The zo…READ FULL ARTICLE
