Panda born at Tokyo zoo for 1st time in 24 years

National Jul. 06, 2012 - 07:00AM JST ( 26 )

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JbeezyJul. 06, 2012 - 07:14AM JST

be prepared to hear about this birth for months!
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Ben JackJul. 06, 2012 - 07:23AM JST

Some people might not know, these pandas are on loan (at a fee, of course) to Japan and any offspring born to pandas on loan become the property of China. They are usually returned to China at the age of around 4 years old and are then put into the breeding population there. Up to now, about 11 pandas have been born overseas and returned to China.
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roughneckJul. 06, 2012 - 07:51AM JST

When do we need to give the baby panda back to China?
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marcelitoJul. 06, 2012 - 08:14AM JST

Don,t worry - Ishihara kun will never give him up!
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silvertongueJul. 06, 2012 - 08:39AM JST

Get ready Japan!! Panda sweets, panda T-shirts, panda stationery, panda umbrellas, panda lingerie etc. Absolute Pand'a'monium!!!!!
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kwattJul. 06, 2012 - 09:11AM JST

This is one of the most boring news. Who cares!
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tokyokawasakiJul. 06, 2012 - 10:28AM JST

AKB48 Panda anthem coming soon...
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CrazyJoeJul. 06, 2012 - 10:35AM JST

Just don't name them Sen Sen or Kaku Kaku. (Senkaku Islands)
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TSRnowJul. 06, 2012 - 11:10AM JST

I heard on the news that they need to return the baby panda in around 2 years. I hope China will let us keep him/her for a while longer.
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Michelle Klein-HassJul. 06, 2012 - 11:22AM JST

And the Japanese panda craze kicks up to the next level. Panda! Go Panda! ^_^
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Liberty Joe LoweJul. 06, 2012 - 12:38PM JST

Back to China Kung Fu Panda
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oberstJul. 06, 2012 - 02:45PM JST

AKB48 in baby panda outfit soon.............kawaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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cleoJul. 06, 2012 - 03:08PM JST

Omedetou-san.
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oberstJul. 06, 2012 - 03:25PM JST

If there's no pic, it didn't happen
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UncleBudahJul. 06, 2012 - 03:36PM JST

I hear its a PANDA-monium there!!!
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billyshearsJul. 06, 2012 - 03:57PM JST

It's quite the business...zoos must pay the Chinese government $1,000,000 rent annually for each panda (plus a one-time $600,000 "baby tax" if a cub born, the return of which can be demanded by China after 2 years). All the pandas always remain the property of the Chinese government. Of course, pandas generate a lot of money for the zoos concerned, but some in the US have complained they are losing money on the deal.
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Elbuda MexicanoJul. 06, 2012 - 04:46PM JST

Aha! El osito panda! We had baby pandas in Mexico City being born left and right! Even with the horrible smog, etc..so my guess if Mexico can do it, these pandas in Ueno can do it too!
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Christina O'NeillJul. 06, 2012 - 06:03PM JST

What a lovely piece of news to wake up to this morning. Happy birthday !
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edojinJul. 06, 2012 - 06:06PM JST

It is said that the new panda will be shown to the public in about six months. Can't wait to see it. Saw its parents, and they were the biggest pandas I have ever seen ... thus the name "giant". It is hoped that the mama & papa will be producing another cub in a year or two. Like the zoo in Wakayama Prefecture, where 12 pandas have been born since about 2000, hope the pair at Ueno will be just as active ... er, productive.
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Elbuda MexicanoJul. 06, 2012 - 06:06PM JST

By the way, there are people inside of China who will be angry if you call these pandas Chinese, because they say, they are from TIBET, and the good people of occupied Tibet think it is a TIBETAN panda, not Chinese, but those who are making all the $$$$ from these pandas, is BEIJING and not Tibet.
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oberstJul. 06, 2012 - 08:01PM JST

http://www.easytourchina.com/fact-v374-giant-panda

DISTRIBUTION Pandas are found only in western China, along the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. Although they were once more widespread, today they are limited to six small areas in Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi provinces, totaling only 14,000 square kilometers (5,400 square miles).
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Singh KulwantJul. 06, 2012 - 08:43PM JST

we should celebrate the birth of cute Panda , really a good news. After 24 Years, the birth of little Panda in Tokyo Zoo, amazing.....
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Matthew SimonJul. 06, 2012 - 09:17PM JST

Mists of Pandaria for real.
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Viviana GuadagnoJul. 06, 2012 - 11:15PM JST

Good luck baby panda and whishes of a long and happy life !
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AlanJul. 07, 2012 - 11:12AM JST

What is the attraction of these animals? Even pandas are so bored with pandas that they can't be bothered to breed with any regularity.
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PT24881Jul. 08, 2012 - 04:38PM JST

Hope this little guy can be a cross-nation bridge over troubled waters..