--- title: Tokyo Police Deploy Net-Carrying Drone to Catch Rogue Drones description: The security measures come after drone with minute traces of radiation was found. canonical: https://time.com/4146372/tokyo-police-drone-nets/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-11T20:41:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:07:05.926Z article:section: Business og:title: Tokyo Police Deploy Net-Carrying Drone to Catch Rogue Drones og:description: The measures come after a drone with minute traces of radiation was found og:url: https://time.com/4146372/tokyo-police-drone-nets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5412b93852ddf674/698875130a4a22533d9c777d/tokyo-police-security-against-rogue-drones-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: drone, japanese drone og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tokyo Police Deploy Net-Carrying Drone to Catch Rogue Drones twitter:description: The measures come after a drone with minute traces of radiation was found twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5412b93852ddf674/698875130a4a22533d9c777d/tokyo-police-security-against-rogue-drones-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tokyo Police to Deploy Net-Carrying Drone to Catch Rogue Drones by [Keith Wagstaff / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Keith Wagstaff / NBC News Dec 11, 2015 8:41 PM CUT  The AS-MC01-P multicopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), developed by Aerosense Inc., a joint venture between Sony Mobile Communications Inc. and ZMP Inc., sits on display during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015\. Sony Corp. plans to offer commercial drone services targeting the construction, logistics and agriculture industries from the first half of next year. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images The AS-MC01-P multicopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), developed by Aerosense Inc., a joint venture between Sony Mobile Communications Inc. and ZMP Inc., sits on display during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015\. Sony Corp. plans to offer commercial drone services targeting the construction, logistics and agriculture industries from the first half of next year. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg / Getty Images by [Keith Wagstaff / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Keith Wagstaff / NBC News Dec 11, 2015 8:41 PM CUT Tokyo police are hoping to snare rogue drones with a net carried by its own unmanned aerial vehicle. The police drone will enter service sometime this month, according to [Asahi Shimbun ](https://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind%5Fnews/social%5Faffairs/AJ201512110064 "undefined")and the [Kyodo news service](http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/tokyo-police-to-launch-drone-squad "undefined"). Its purpose will be to stop suspicious-looking drones that fly into restricted airspace near government buildings. Another Japanese news service, Jiji Press, released video of the drone in a test run. The new line of defense comes after a drone with [minute traces of radiation](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/drone-minute-amount-radiation-lands-japan-pm-office-n346021 "undefined") landed on the roof of the prime minister’s office in April. “Terrorist attacks using drones carrying explosives are a… [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tokyo-police-deploy-net-carrying-drone-catch-rogue-drones-n478596?cid=par-time-article20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4146372/tokyo-police-drone-nets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4146372/tokyo-police-drone-nets/"},"headline":"Tokyo Police to Deploy Net-Carrying Drone to Catch Rogue Drones","datePublished":"2015-12-11T20:41:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:07:05.926Z","description":"The security measures come after a drone with minute traces of radiation was found","url":"https://time.com/4146372/tokyo-police-drone-nets/","keywords":["Tech","Japan","Security","Drones","Tokyo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5412b93852ddf674/698875130a4a22533d9c777d/tokyo-police-security-against-rogue-drones-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Keith Wagstaff / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5412b93852ddf674/698875130a4a22533d9c777d/tokyo-police-security-against-rogue-drones-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"drone, japanese drone","caption":"drone, japanese drone","creditText":"Bloomberg / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4146372/tokyo-police-drone-nets/","name":"Tokyo Police to Deploy Net-Carrying Drone to Catch Rogue Drones"}}]}] ```