TOKYO, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — Over 1,000 Japanese panda lovers have gathered in western Japan to have fun the thirty first birthday of Eimei, though the large panda had returned to China after dwelling in Japan for 28 years.
The birthday celebration was held on Thursday in Adventure World, an amusement park in Shirahama of Japan’s Wakayama prefecture, the place the panda dwelled. The occasion was live-streamed to just about 10,000 panda lovers on-line.
Born on Sept. 14, 1992, Eimei, or Yong Ming in Chinese, arrived on the park in 1994. With his present age the human equal of 90, Eimei fathered 16 big panda cubs born at Adventure World, setting the world report for being the oldest big panda to have efficiently bred in captivity.
The male panda was appointed a particular envoy for Sino-Japan friendship by the Chinese Consul General in Osaka Xue Jian final December.
In February this yr, he returned to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China’s Sichuan Province alongside along with his Japan-born twin daughters, Ouhin and Touhin.
To fulfill the keen curiosity of Japanese panda fans about Eimei’s present standing and actions, the birthday celebration featured a number of movies displaying the lives of Eimei and his twin cubs since their return to China, in addition to a documentary highlighting Eimei’s life in Japan.
Chinese Deputy Consul General in Osaka Fang Wei, talking on the occasion, emphasised that Eimei and his household will proceed to play a constructive position as ambassadors of China-Japan friendship.
He prolonged a heat invitation to Japanese followers to go to Chengdu, reunite with their previous pal Eimei, and additional improve the “love for pandas” into “love among people” thereby selling mutual understanding between China and Japan.
Wakayama Vice Governor Hiroshi Shimo famous that Eimei, throughout his 28 years in Wakayama, had given delivery to 16 cubs, bringing pleasure not solely to Japan but in addition to all the world, including that Eimei performed an integral position in fostering the pleasant partnership between Wakayama Prefecture and Sichuan Province in 2022.
The birthday celebration would mark the start of a brand new chapter in Japan-China pleasant exchanges, mentioned Shimo.