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Visitors take pictures of giant panda Lei Lei eating bamboo at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, Japan, 28 November 2025. Japan could be left without any giant pandas for the first time in decades after the upcoming return to China of its last two specimens, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, amid bilateral tensions. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent comments about Taiwan cast doubt on the future of Beijing’s so-called ‘panda diplomacy’ with its neighbor, which has built a lucrative business around these popular animals. (Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)
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