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...sound dreaded by sleep-starved parents around the world: the piercing wail of a newborn demanding immediate attention. Yet last week all Japan seemed to be hanging on the phone to hear an infant shriek. The sound comes from a baby panda born June 1 at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. Its plaintive cries were recorded, and can be heard by those dialing a special toll number. Word of the hot line caused pandemonium, and as many as 200,000 calls a day were logged. Zoo officials hope the baby's 226-lb. mother has become nimbler since last year, when...
Japan is in mourning over the 16-year resident and superstar of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. Ling Ling died overnight of heart failure and kidney malfunction. His portrait now sits inside his cage, next to bouquets and his favorite bamboo shoots. Some visitors wept; others prayed and wrote notes to his memory. In 1992, Ling Ling was part of a bilateral trade agreement of sorts: the Chinese gave Tokyo a giant black-and-white panda - native to its southwest - in exchange for a panda the Japanese had bred in captivity. China has since stopped giving pandas away as part...
...first overseas trip since the 17th National Congress confirmed him as President last October. A giant panda would be the perfect diplomatic exclamation point to the visit. Or so the Japanese hope. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said that he supports the request for pandas for the Ueno Zoo. Said he, "They're cute...
...panda of their own, they can only hope the animal will be more fruitful than Ling Ling. With a name meaning "darling little girl" in Chinese, Ling Ling, a male, was probably confused. He had no luck mating with female giant pandas. His potential mate in Ueno, Tong Tong, died in 2000, without issue. Playdates with pandas in Mexico were also unsuccessful. At the end, he probably just stopped trying. Ling Ling was 22 when he died - roughly equivalent to 70 human years...
...asset classes around the world would still be pretty high," says Macquarie's Jerram. Besides, the BOJ has been signaling its intention to raise rates for months, giving major market players plenty of time to prepare. "The market has been incorporating these factors ahead of time," says Mizuho's Ueno...