Japan's remaining twin pandas to leave for China on Jan. 27

Twin pandas at a zoo in Tokyo will depart for China on Jan. 27, the Tokyo government said Monday, marking the first time in about half a century that Japan will be without any pandas -- long viewed as a symbol of Japan-Sino friendship.Xiao Xiao and his sister, Lei Lei, will be transported from the Ueno Zoological Gardens to Narita airport near Tokyo to fly to China. They are scheduled to arrive Jan. 28 at a facility in China housing their elder sister, Xiang Xiang.Since the first pair of giant pandas arrived in Japan from China in 1972 to commemorate the normalization of diplomatic ties, th…READ FULL ARTICLE