The Diet on Thursday enacted a law banning drones from flying over important facilities such as the Prime Minister's Office while giving police the power to destroy drones if necessary. The legislation is expected to take effect before a foreign ministerial meeting of the Group ...
Law regulating, restricting drones in Japan expected to pass this month
A law regulating the use of drones is expected to pass the Diet by the end of this month to beef up counterterrorism measures ahead of the Group of Seven summit in May, according to sources from both ruling and opposition parties. The law would ...
Ministry, Mikawaya21 test drone to deliver food to rural Tokushima elderly
The transport ministry tested a drone in Tokushima Prefecture on Wednesday to deliver parcels containing food items to elderly households in sparsely populated areas. The test was mainly targeted at elderly residents who have difficulties going shopping, and was conducted jointly with Mikawaya21, a Tokyo-based ...
Italy agrees to let anti-Islamic State drones depart from Sicily
Italy has agreed to let armed U.S. drones take off from an air base in Sicily on a case-by-case basis for defensive missions against Islamic State militants in North Africa, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Tuesday. "If it is a matter of operations against terrorists, ...
Anti-drone firms work to counter devices in tiny battle for the skies
The drone intruder was roaming around the Rose Bowl as 94,000 fans cheered, oblivious to the threat. But scientists testing a new security device at the game detected its radio signals and seized control. This was only a simulation, but if the unmanned drone had ...
Man who landed drone on roof of Japanese prime minister's office gets suspended sentence
The Tokyo District Court handed down a suspended sentence Tuesday to the man who landed a drone on the rooftop of the Prime Minister's Office last April. Yasuo Yamamoto, 41, was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for four years. Presiding Judge Mihoko Tanabe also ...
Pakistani child victim of drone strike relives horrors of war
When a U.S. drone strike killed her grandmother in a tribal region of Pakistan in October 2012, everything went dark, Nabila Rehman recalls. She was only 8 at the time but the memory still haunts her today. On a recent trip to Japan, Nabila had ...
In India, it's illegal for a civilian to use a drone, though you wouldn't know it if you went to a Bollywood-style wedding. A remote-control flying camera is the latest must-have addition at the country's opulent three-day ceremonies, according to photographer Vijay Tonk, whose drone ...
Key Chinese drone-maker sees promise in newly regulated Japan market
The outlook for Japan's drone market is promising and a recently enacted law to regulate flights of unmanned aerial vehicles will result in a safer user environment, according to the Japan chief of China-based drone-maker DJI. Allen Wu, who heads the Japan office of the ...
Police unit plans to use large drone to 'net' unauthorized unmanned aircraft
Police will deploy a large drone with a camera and net to catch unauthorized unmanned aircraft as part of a new anti-drone squad being planned, sources said. The envisaged unit at the Metropolitan Police Department will be the nation's first and comes as new regulations ...
Japan to ground hobbyist drones in urban areas, impose sweeping restrictions elsewhere
New regulations on the flights of drones and other unmanned aircraft will take effect on Thursday, despite concerns over the impact on hobbyists and fears that restrictions may hamper innovation in the emerging sector. Changes to the Civil Aeronautics Law, passed by the Diet in ...
