Panda cubs at Tokyo zoo get their names, to debut in January
TOKYO – Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June got their names Friday: Lei Lei for the female cub, and Xiao Xiao for her brother. They were chosen from hundreds of thousands of suggestions sent from fans around Japan. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced their names during her weekly news conference. She said Xiao Xiao means “the light of dawn turning brighter,” and Lei Lei portrays a bud becoming a beautiful flower and developing a bright future. Koike said the cubs’ zoo debut is expected in January.