Japan zoo to consult British Embassy on naming monkey after princess

Japan zoo to consult British Embassy on naming monkey after princess

OITA, Japan, May 8 Kyodo - Visitors to the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, look at monkeys on May 7, 2015. The zoo, which has triggered criticism for naming a baby monkey after Britain's newborn princess Charlotte, said the same day it will seek advice from the British Embassy in Tokyo on whether to rethink the name.

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