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
where it was shipped. this is cnn. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden has arrived in japan after a three-day visit to south korea. air force one landed at the air base near tokyo, an hour ago to visit biden s first trip to asia as commander in chief. before leaving seoul, biden met the leader of hyundai. where he s tried to put focus on bolstering s america s security ties. the shadow of potential conflict is never far away. on saturday, the u.s. announced plans to expand military drills in response to north korea s nuclear threat. and how it can help to counter china s influence in the region. for more on that let s bring in blake essig and kevin liptak live in tokyo. kevin, a lot to get through with biden s first trip to asia. walk us through the second leg. reporter: yeah, trere really three components to this second leg of president biden s first trip to asia. the first is the u.s./japan relations. that s reall