president is also holding talks with prime minister shinzo abbate over the standoff with north korea this after trump said he'd be open to sitting down for talks with north korean leader kim jong un but tensions between washington and pyongyang sky high trump has promised to stand with japan against what he called the north korean menace let's listen in but we're going to count through the dangerous aggressions of the regime in north korea. the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic missiles directly over japanese third tour are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability. we will not stand for that the era of strategic patience is over. now two thousand and fifteen marked a breakthrough in the global fight against climate change nearly two hundred nations signed the paris climate accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide starting at twenty twenty those emissions are considered a major cause of climate change so far one hundred sixty eight nations have r

hawaii will fly to japan on sunday where he'll hold bilateral talks with japanese prime minister shinzo abbate well from japan he has next to south korea where talks about north korea's nuclear program are expected to take center stage after that he travels to china followed by a stop in vietnam from their trump heads to the philippines where he will attend the summit of these there's the nation of southeast asian nations while the trip promises to be a diplomatic balancing act for a president seeking to make america great again while at the same time looking to reassure asian allies of continued to u.s. support. for some analysis on all of this we're joined now by professor christer as garrett he's a researcher on american foreign policy at the university of life's a professor garet thank you so much for joining us so in your view what are the main objectives of this trip for donald trump and more broadly for the united states. well the seventeen as you pointed out in your report. first of all to reassure allies in the region that the united states is engaged in the pacific and will remain so

part of his tour of asia earlier he had lunch and played golf with the japanese prime minister shinzo abbate tomorrow he'll meet political leaders to discuss north korea's nuclear weapons development program. donald trump's commerce secretary britain's queen elizabeth and a top aide to the canadian prime minister are among thousands named in a new leak of offshore financial documents the so-called paradise papers leak contains thirteen million files from bermuda based north attleboro. saudi arabia has shut down yemen's land sea and air ports in response to rebel who these firing a rocket into riyadh saudi arabia is also conducting their strikes against the who the run defense ministry and a square used for mass rallies in the capital sana'a who has launched a ballistic missile into saudi arabia on saturday the group released this footage which they say shows the launch into riyadh was aimed at the international airport near the saudi capital but was intercepted and shot down before it reached its target well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after. thanks for wat

japan's prime minister shinzo abbate was the first head of state to visit troops even before he was sworn in as president. mr prime minister the two leaders have a tight relationship will play a round of golf and have a steak dinner out with their spouses on sunday monday's meetings will be more formal including an audience with emperor akihito the most important thing for trump mr trump to do. during his stay in tokyo is to make sure. and send a message that u.s. japan remain solid and japan and the prime minister. on board with regard to north korea and we go to china a recent poll in japan found nearly half of those asked about the leaders relationship said it was only good for the u.s. . japan is always wary of the united states reaction when talking about trump i'm a bit afraid of what lies ahead to continue to fly towards us but the united states doesn't do anything so suddenly that it probably isn't wavering in who he is but i'm doubtful of whether he's really thinking about the interests of the united states all the rest of the well hawkish in dealing with north korea has kept the

lead to a military standoff which of course here no one wants what about japanese prime minister shinzo abbate he's also said that the time for dialogue with north korea is over does that mean that he supports the trans policy of keeping all options on the table. definitely i mean he's made that clear in the past and now again that he as well as the president trump they both they both maintain that this policy options are on the table that includes military options as well as prime minister has in the past and that was one of the reasons why he was calling for for new elections in the past. been trying to change the japanese constitution which limits the japanese army for a bit work through to self defense to actually and so he wants he wants to be able to to use the japanese army more widely at the moment japan is not allowed to respond to international disputes with military force or or threats of that force and he's trying to change that so that's a policy that he's been pursuing for a very long time that he got support for in recent elections and we did a response in heart reporting for us

japan's prime minister shinzo abbate was the first head of state to visit troops even before he was sworn in as president. mr prime minister the two leaders have a tight relationship will play a round of golf and have a steak dinner out with their spouses on sunday monday's meetings will be more formal including an audience with emperor akihito the most important thing for trump mr trump to do. he stay in tokyo east to make sure. and send a message that u.s. japan remain solid and japan and the prime minister. on board with regard to north korea and with regard to china a recent poll in japan found nearly half of those asked about the leader's relationship said it was only good for the u.s. . japan is always wary of the united states reaction when talking about trump i'm a bit afraid of what lies ahead to continue to fly towards us but the united states doesn't do anything so suddenly that it probably isn't wavering in who he is but i'm doubtful of whether he's really thinking about the interests of the united states all the rest of the well hawkish in dealing with north korea has kept th

trump met up with japanese prime minister shinzo abbate at a golf club outside tokyo for a burger lunchand a round of golf it's not the first time the two have played golf the leaders view their relationship as tight holding for so much and speaking on the phone regularly some hope that trumps a visit to japan will bring more than tough talk on north korea from the two close allies and there's concern that one provocative tweet could change the narrative for the trip something that can get away from just bombs and bullets would be valuable in trying to win hearts and minds in the rage and people here every day they go to work they don't want to worry about another missile flying over what we know with north korea the resolution there is not going to be a war it's going to have to involve sanctions and each day one of trump's asia tour was kept with a private state dinner with prime minister and then leaders wives thank you monday it's down to business that to hold a bilateral meeting and then speak to the media they will likely touch on promoting a free and open indo-pacific region seen

trump met up with japanese prime minister shinzo abbate at a golf club outside tokyo for a burger lunch and a round of golf it's not the first time the two have played golf the leaders view their relationship as tight holding for so much and speaking on the phone regularly some hope that trumps a visit to japan will bring more than tough talk on north korea from the two close allies and there's concern that one provocative tweet could change the narrative for the trip something that can get away from just bombs and bullets would be valuable in trying to win hearts and minds in the region people here every day they go to work they don't want to worry about another missile flying over what we know with north korea the resolution there is not going to be war it's going to have to involve sanctions the day one of trump's asia tour was kept with a private steak dinner with prime minister and the leaders wives thank you monday it's down to business the to hold a bilateral meeting and then speak to the media they will likely touch on promoting a free and open indo-pacific region seen as a way