This day, 4 November, in 1972, a grand acceptance ceremony was held in Tokyo’s Ueno Park to welcome Kang Kang and Lan Lan, a pair of giant pandas from the Beijing Zoo, to settle in Japan. The senior Japanese representaive on site said, “This pair of pandas is the best gift from the Chinese people to the Japanese people. 4 November is a symbol of friendship between the people of Japan and China”.
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