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BIG IN JAPAN (Misc posts about Nippon)
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op the champagne and sound the trumpets: Japan’s got a baby panda to celebrate.
In what might be the most celebrated birth in Japan since the last prince was born in 2006, the country paused Thursday afternoon to drink in the news that seven-year-old giant panda Shin Shin is now a proud mother. It is the first birth at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in 24 years (watch the zoo’s spycam video of mother and child above).
Footage of Shin Shin roaming around her pen at the zoo pre-motherhood dominated major TV stations – taking a break from the political drama that erupted over the last week — and Twitter lit up with elated chirps.
The zoo said the mother and newborn appear to be doing well. The baby’s sex is still unknown. Ueno Zoo suspended public viewing of Shin Shin on June 30 amid strong signs indicating she is pregnant.
Shin Shin’s apparent pregnancy had generated excitement among animal lovers in recent months. It even attracted the attention of Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, who proposed the baby panda be named Sen Sen or Kaku Kaku after the territorial disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Shin Shin, on loan from China, arrived in Japan last year shortly before the March 11 disasters. Japan Real Time has more.
In what might be the most celebrated birth in Japan since the last prince was born in 2006, the country paused Thursday afternoon to drink in the news that seven-year-old giant panda Shin Shin is now a proud mother. It is the first birth at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in 24 years (watch the zoo’s spycam video of mother and child above).
Footage of Shin Shin roaming around her pen at the zoo pre-motherhood dominated major TV stations – taking a break from the political drama that erupted over the last week — and Twitter lit up with elated chirps.
The zoo said the mother and newborn appear to be doing well. The baby’s sex is still unknown. Ueno Zoo suspended public viewing of Shin Shin on June 30 amid strong signs indicating she is pregnant.
Shin Shin’s apparent pregnancy had generated excitement among animal lovers in recent months. It even attracted the attention of Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, who proposed the baby panda be named Sen Sen or Kaku Kaku after the territorial disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Shin Shin, on loan from China, arrived in Japan last year shortly before the March 11 disasters. Japan Real Time has more.
Audition for Bearers of "mikoshi Gal", "Tenjin" of summer in Osaka shoulder seven days, held in Osaka
"Mikoshi gal" is the 32nd in this year. There are about 330 applicants from three provinces, such as Hyogo Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture, the final examination was held in The women who earn invitations through document screening.
Theme of the review is "de Wasshoi disguise it! Heaven!". The participants are dressed in costumes such as sailor swimsuit and own way, while carrying a balance bar weight of about 70 kg, was to appeal to the good and healthy!
"Mikoshi gal" is the 32nd in this year. There are about 330 applicants from three provinces, such as Hyogo Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture, the final examination was held in The women who earn invitations through document screening.
Theme of the review is "de Wasshoi disguise it! Heaven!". The participants are dressed in costumes such as sailor swimsuit and own way, while carrying a balance bar weight of about 70 kg, was to appeal to the good and healthy!
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Ueno panda cub dies of pneumonia
Week-old newborn found unconscious, lying on mom's belly, after breast-feeding
The male cub born last week to the giant panda Shin Shin at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo died Wednesday of pneumonia.
As the cub, the first panda born at the zoo in 24 years, was being breast-fed, milk blocked its airway and caused respiration failure, which led to pneumonia, zoo director Toshimitsu Doi said.
Doi said zoo staff heard the cub cry at 6:45 a.m., but at 7:30 a.m. they saw it lying face up on Shin Shin's belly. When they picked the cub up it was in cardiac or respiratory arrest, he said.
The cub was placed in an incubator and a veterinarian conducted heart massage, but the panda was confirmed dead at 8:30 a.m., he said.
The zoo plans to set up a floral tribute where visitors can bring flowers.
"It's really sad. We see many different animals' deaths, and feel really sad each time. But this time, it's particularly (tough) thinking about all of the effort by the staff to work round the clock," Doi said in tears.
Giant panda cubs often die within their first week, especially when it's the mother's first, according to zoo vice director Yutaka Fukuda.
"According to what I've been told by (breeding experts in) China, about 60 to 70 percent of cubs in the first childbirth die within a week," Fukuda said. "It's a pity. I'm feeling the difficulty of breeding" giant pandas.
The panda team at the zoo had been observing the mother and cub 24 hours a day since the July 5 birth. Shin Shin was breast-feeding her newborn at first but stopped Friday night. Seeing the cub lying away from its mother, zoo staff put the youngling in an incubator early Saturday. The cub was returned to its mother Monday.
Shin Shin was breast-feeding the cub Tuesday evening and both were in good health at that time, Fukuda said.
Week-old newborn found unconscious, lying on mom's belly, after breast-feeding
The male cub born last week to the giant panda Shin Shin at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo died Wednesday of pneumonia.
As the cub, the first panda born at the zoo in 24 years, was being breast-fed, milk blocked its airway and caused respiration failure, which led to pneumonia, zoo director Toshimitsu Doi said.
Doi said zoo staff heard the cub cry at 6:45 a.m., but at 7:30 a.m. they saw it lying face up on Shin Shin's belly. When they picked the cub up it was in cardiac or respiratory arrest, he said.
The cub was placed in an incubator and a veterinarian conducted heart massage, but the panda was confirmed dead at 8:30 a.m., he said.
The zoo plans to set up a floral tribute where visitors can bring flowers.
"It's really sad. We see many different animals' deaths, and feel really sad each time. But this time, it's particularly (tough) thinking about all of the effort by the staff to work round the clock," Doi said in tears.
Giant panda cubs often die within their first week, especially when it's the mother's first, according to zoo vice director Yutaka Fukuda.
"According to what I've been told by (breeding experts in) China, about 60 to 70 percent of cubs in the first childbirth die within a week," Fukuda said. "It's a pity. I'm feeling the difficulty of breeding" giant pandas.
The panda team at the zoo had been observing the mother and cub 24 hours a day since the July 5 birth. Shin Shin was breast-feeding her newborn at first but stopped Friday night. Seeing the cub lying away from its mother, zoo staff put the youngling in an incubator early Saturday. The cub was returned to its mother Monday.
Shin Shin was breast-feeding the cub Tuesday evening and both were in good health at that time, Fukuda said.
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