defending their country from russian aggression . u.s. president joe biden is headed to japan after wrapping up a three-day visit to south korea. he left owe sawn air base just outside seoul a short time ago, expected to arrive in japan in about an hour to mark his first trip to asia as commander in chief. while biden has tried to focus on bolstering america s economic ties in the region, the shadow of potential conflict is never far away. saturday the u.s. and south korea announced plans to hold joint military drills. blake essig is in tokyo with a preview of what to expect from the japan leg of biden s trip. let s start with paula hancocks. so the headline was the resumption of joint military drills, but there were important economic issues at stake here too. what headway did president biden make while he was there? reporter: kim, the headlines that he really wanted to see was about the economic ties that he had. he had developed here. and president biden was in the reg
government that has had very low, for example, carbon reduction targets. and in a state like this, i guess that s reflected in the vote, electing an independent member who can take views of the community forward directly. but there are also issues around trust in politics in australia, as i know you have in the u.s. as well. people have a sense that their leaders aren t really representing them that there s one rule for them, one rule for everyone else. so there s been a big push, for example, for a federal anti-corruption commission here in australia. something that s been resisted by that coalition government that has been moved on. and that s also been a priority for me and that s been reflected in the views of the people in this state. i m wondering how hard it will be to work with a leader who might be seen as more of an increment albanesist, say, on the environment. australia s one of the world s biggest exporters of coal and fossil fuels. and the new prime minister, he famousl