Tag - panda

 
Menu
Search
 
May 02, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

PANDA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2016
Zoo in Wakayama marks 15th panda birth
A giant panda at a zoo in Wakayama Prefecture gave birth to a female cub early Sunday, the zoo operator said, bringing the total number of pandas born there to 15.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2016
Despite promising signs, pandas at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo fail to mate
Love was, sadly, not in the air at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Friday. The facility announced it will resume public viewing of one of its two giant pandas following a failed mating attempt.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2014
Giant panda gives birth to twins in Wakayama
A giant panda in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, has given birth to healthy twin cubs, zookeepers said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2013
Aquarium chief dolphins' best friend
Right after the Great East Japan Earthquake struck in March 2011, Junichi Jingu, manager of exhibits at Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium, feared that he would never see its rare Commerson's dolphins again.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2013
Shin Shin had a phantom pregnancy: Ueno panda experts
Specialists at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo have concluded that giant panda Shin Shin, 8, experienced a phantom pregnancy, the zoo said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2013
Wakayama park trumpets success with its panda-breeding program
While the giant pandas at Tokyo's famous Ueno Zoo seem to be having a tough time breeding, there have been no such problems at an animal theme park in Wakayama Prefecture, where a number of panda cubs have been born in recent years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2013
Shin Shin the panda unlikely to be pregnant
Shin Shin, the female giant panda at Ueno Zoo, is highly unlikely to be pregnant, officials at the Tokyo facility said Tuesday, saying she isn't showing the conditions usually observed before pandas give birth.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2013
After mating season ends, pandas are put back on view at Ueno Zoo
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo resumes public viewing of two giant pandas Friday after a brief hiatus for the mating season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2013
Ueno Zoo to draw curtain on pandas angling to mate
Two giant pandas will be removed from public view Thursday because they appear to have entered the mating season, Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said Wednesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.
Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Spotlighting a Niigata castle town through sushi
Spotlighting a Niigata castle town through sushi

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER