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Published: Oct 26, 2022 10:53 PM
An event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first giant pandas from China to Japan is held at Ueno Park in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2022. Two pandas Kang Kang and Lan Lan arrived in October 1972 as a gift from China to commemorate the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. Photo: VCG

An event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first giant pandas from China to Japan is held at Ueno Park, Tokyo on October 26. The pandas arrived in Japan in 1972 to commemorate the normalization of bilateral relations. There are currently 13 pandas in Japan, 3 of them are living at Ueno Park. Photo: VCG