The Asian Reporter
Pacific Northwest News q Volume 27 Number 15 q August 7, 2017 q www.asianreporter.com
Tokyo seeking names
for star giant panda cub
70-year-old grandma
is a YouTube hit
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Pyongyang pretties
up its “pyramid”
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ROLY-POLY CUB. This July 22, 2017 photo released by the Tokyo Zoological Park Society shows a six-week-old giant panda cub that was born June 12 at the Ueno
Zoo in Tokyo. Overnight, the baby panda became a celebrity in Japan. The zoo, Japan’s oldest, has not yet shown the cub directly to the public, but Tokyo is starting to col-
lect ideas for naming it. (Tokyo Zoological Park Society via AP)
Japan’s fine craft of
bamboo basketry
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TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo is starting to
collect ideas for naming a new giant panda
cub born at its Ueno Zoo.
The zoo, Japan’s oldest, has not shown
the cub born on June 12 directly to the
public. But it released a video of the cub
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showing the squeaky baby snuggling with
its mother ShinShin. The roly-poly female
cub already has the characteristic black
and white giant panda pattern in its fur
and its eyes have opened.
ShinShin’s last cub was born in 2012 and
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survived only six days. The newcomer
appears to be thriving and is sure to draw
huge crowds once it goes on display.
About 420 giant pandas live in captivity,
mostly in their native China, while about
1,860 live in the wild.