Twin giant pandas born in Tokyo zoo named Xiao Xiao, Lei Lei

The twin giant pandas born at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens in June have been named Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Friday.Their names, when combined, have the meaning of "leading to the future from a bright dawn," Koike told a press conference. The zoo plans to allow the public to see the pandas from next January.The zoo had solicited ideas from the public for their names and received around 192,000 suggestions in 14 days until Aug. 20. The names were decided by a selection committee that excluded the names of other pandas in Japan as well as the names of specific cha…READ FULL ARTICLE