TOKYO- The Tokyo metropolitan government will seek ideas from the public for the name of the female cub born to giant panda Shin Shin at Ueno Zoo last month, Governor Yuriko Koike said Friday.

Starting on July 28, suggestions will be accepted at boxes to be installed at the zoo, via the Internet and by other means.

"I hope everyone will consider a nice name for the cub," Koike told a press conference.

The metropolitan government plans to pick and announce the name around late September. (Jiji Press)