A female giant panda named Xiannu is seen at the Ueno zoo in Tokyo February 22, 2011. Panda fever showed few signs of dying down in Japan on Tuesday after the arrival in Tokyo of the country's latest pair of giant pandas from China. To match Reuters Life! JAPAN-PANDAS.
A pair of giant pandas arrive at the Narita International Airport from China in Narita city, suburban Tokyo on February 21, 2011 to display at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. The Tokyo metropolitan government, which runs Ueno Zoo, will pay a giant price tag of 950,000 us dollars (694,950 euros) per year for the next decade to lease the animals. The money is to be spent on wild animal protection in China.
People walk past a panda painting displayed at Ueno Station in Tokyo on February 21, 2011. Panda fever gripped Japan as a pair of the bamboo eaters was heading in from China, with Tokyo's zoo eyeing a visitor boom and the government predicting smoother ties with Beijing.
Male giant panda Bili is seen in Sichuan province in this undated handout photo released to Reuters on February 22, 2011. Bili and female giant panda Xiannu, flew from Shanghai to Narita International Airport and arrived at Ueno zoo in Tokyo on February 21, 2011.
A pair of giant pandas arrive at the Narita International Airport from China in Narita city, suburban Tokyo on February 21, 2011 to display at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. The Tokyo metropolitan government, which runs Ueno Zoo, will pay a giant price tag of 950,000 us dollars (694,950 euros) per year for the next decade to lease the animals. The money is to be spent on wild animal protection in China.
In this photo released by Ueno Zoological Gardens, known as Ueno Zoo, Ueno Zoo Director Teruyuki Komiya, top, and a Chinese panda keeper check female Xiannu of two giant pandas flown in to Japan from China in a new house after arriving at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo early Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Japan hopes that the two pandas will help warm bilateral ties strained over a territorial spat _ and give Tokyo's economy a jolt, too. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
A male giant panda named Bili is seen at the Ueno zoo in Tokyo February 22, 2011. Panda fever showed few signs of dying down in Japan on Tuesday after the arrival in Tokyo of the country's latest pair of giant pandas from China. To match Reuters Life! JAPAN-PANDAS.
source: daylife
photo: Gettyimages, Reuters, AP photo
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