Baby Panda Named: Tokyo calls panda cub Xiang Xiang, meaning fragrance
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Tokyo has named its newest baby panda. City governor Yuriko Koike announced on Monday that Ueno Zoo's 3-month-old giant panda is called Shan Shan in Japanese, or Xiang Xiang in Chinese. The name, which means fragrance, was chosen from hundreds of thousands of suggestions and received the approval of Chinese authorities. Ueno Zoo said the panda is healthy and growing rapidly, weighing in at 6 kilograms and measuring 65 centimeters in length. The zoo added that while the cub can't yet see clearly, it does react to light. Xiang Xiang was born in June to the zoo’s resident giant panda, Shin Shin, which means Fairy.