Tokyo asks China if Xiang Xiang and parents can stay, as lease of pandas ends

• Three-year-old Xiang Xiang and her parents, Ri Ri and Shin Shin, are set to leave Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in the coming months
• Xiang Xiang’s star power is such that the zoo has a daily ticketing system that allows 6,500 people to book a slot to catch a glimpse of her