Top LDP and Komeito officials will meet on Monday to discuss preparations, they added

"Honestly, I think the United States should be doing … much more than now, so that there's real effective international cooperation on this issue," Cui said

He said Japan is willing to push forward denuclearization on the peninsula with China and other parties

Iowa's ties with China had already shown signs of increasing

And overall, the perception gap between the US and China in the Philippines is narrowing