2015 Tokyo drone incident

Yamamoto was later given a two-year suspended sentence,[4] and the incident led to wide-reaching changes to regulations on drones in Japan.

[7] In October 2014 he used a drone to observe the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima prefecture, which was then due to be restarted.

On December 24, when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's new cabinet was launched, he had intended to do his flight to the PM's office from a nearby park, but did not do so as it was too stressful.

On April 9 at 3:30am he flew the drone from a parking lot located near the Prime Minister's office.

[7] On February 16, 2016 the Tokyo District Court handed down a two-year sentence,[clarification needed] suspended for four years and ordered the drone confiscated.

[11] The National Diet passed a law restricting drone flights near special sites such as the Prime Minister's office, Imperial Palace, Supreme Court and nuclear reactors.

[12] In December 2015 changes to the Civil Aeronautics Law were passed through Japan's National Diet banned flights by drones weighing over 200 grams in crowded urban areas, altitudes of 150 meters or more, and near airports.