Tokyo gov't to solicit names for panda cub at Ueno zoo

The Tokyo metropolitan government will start soliciting ideas from the public on July 28 to name the female panda cub born a month ago at Tokyo's Ueno zoo.The name of the cub will be decided around September when it becomes 100 days old, as it is said in China that a cub which survives for 100 days will grow up strong. The cub at the Ueno Zoological Gardens was born on June 12.Zoo staff have been relieved to see the new cub, born to female panda Shin Shin and male panda Ri Ri, grow steadily as their previous cub died in 2012 just under a week after being born at Japan's oldest zoo, which op…READ FULL ARTICLE