Drone with "minuscule" quantity of radiation lands on Japan PM's office: Media
A drone marked with a radioactive sign landed on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s office on Wednesday and tested positive for a "minuscule" amount of radiation, media reported.
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Tokyo: A drone marked with a radioactive sign landed on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s office on Wednesday and tested positive for a "minuscule" amount of radiation, media reported.
Public broadcaster NHK said the bomb squad was called in to cart away the drone, which was carrying a small camera and a water bottle.
Abe was in Indonesia on Wednesday attending an Asia-Africa summit. An official at the prime minister`s office declined to comment.
It was not immediately clear who sent the drone or why. But a Japanese court on Wednesday approved the restart of a nuclear power station in the southwest of the country, rejecting worries about nuclear safety in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima radiation disaster.
The ruling was a boost for Abe, who wants to reboot nuclear power to help cut reliance on expensive fossil fuel imports.
Televised aerial footage from the prime minister`s office showed the drone with propellers covered under cardboard and later a blue tarp.
Broadcaster NHK said an official at the premier`s office found the drone and that the device was around 50 cm (20 ins) in diameter. No-one was injured.
Japan, which has a proven track record in electronics and robotics, is looking to fast track industry-friendly regulation to give its drone sector an edge over the United States.
The government is considering the Fukushima nuclear plant, wrecked by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as a test ground for robots and drones.
A Japanese company this year is planning to mass produce six-propeller drones that could survey radiation levels and help with the government`s decommissioning effort, media have said.
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