Facilities Covered by the Drone Act

The flight of small unmanned aircraft system, etc., is prohibited over the airspace above premises or areas (Red Zone) of important facilities and the surrounding area of approximately 300 meters of the Red Zone(Yellow Zone).

The facilities cover by the Drone Act is as follows:

・ National important facilities, etc.

Diplomatic establishments, etc.

Defense facilities

Airports

Nuclear facility sites

[Attention]
Temporary facilities may be added in connection with the visit of foreign dignitaries to Japan. For details of the temporary facilities, please check the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

Check "GSI Maps" for the flight restriction zones 

The map of Red / Yellow Zones based on the Drone Act is available on "GSI Maps" operated by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.

National important facilities, etc.

 National Diet Building, Prime Minister's Office, Supreme Court Building, Imperial Palace, etc.

No. Facility Name
Maps (Link)
1 National Diet Building
(House of Representatives)
House of Representatives
2 First Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives
3 Second Members' Office Building of the House of Representatives
Official Residence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
5 Office Building 2 of the House of Representatives
6 Parliamentary Museum
7 National Diet Library
8 National Diet Building
(House of Councillors)
House of Councillors
9 Members’ Office Building of the House of Councillors
10 Second Detached Office Building of the House of Councillors
11 Official Residence of the President of the House of Councillors
12 Prime Minister's Office Cabinet Secretariat
13 Official Residence of the Prime Minister
14 Official Residence of the Chief Cabinet Secretary
15 Imperial Palace Imperial Household Agency
16 Akasaka Estate
17 Supreme Court Building Supreme Court
・For flight restriction zone maps, follow "Maps (Link)".
・For information about the police stations which have jurisdiction over the flight restriction zones, see below.

 Office buildings of administrative organs responsible for crisis management

No. Facility Maps (Link)
1 Cabinet Secretariat The office building located at 1-6-1 Nagatacho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Cabinet Secretariat
2 The office building located at 2-4-12 Nagatacho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo
3 The office building located at 2-4-6 Akasaka, Minato Ward, Tokyo
4 Cabinet Office The office building located at 1-6-1 Nagatacho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Cabinet Office
5 The office building located at 2-2-3 Toranomon, Minato Ward, Tokyo
6

National Public Safety Commission

The office building located at 2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo National Police Agency
7 Digital Agency The office building located at 1-3 Kioicho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Digital Agency
8 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The office building located at 2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
9 Ministry of Justice The office building located at 1-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Justice
10 Ministry of Foreign Affairs The office building located at 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Foreign Affairs
11 Ministry of Finance The office building located at 3-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Finance
12 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The office building located at 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
13 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare The office building located at 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
14 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries The office building located at 1-2-1Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
15 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry The office building located at 1-3-1Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
16

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

The office building located at 2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
17 The office building located at 3-6-9 Toranomon, Minato Ward, Tokyo
18 Ministry of the Environment The office building located at 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Ministry of the Environment
19 The office building located at 1-9-9 Roppongi, Minato Ward, Tokyo
20 Ministry of Defense The office building located at 5-1 Honmuracho, Ichigaya, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo Ministry of Defense
・For flight restriction zone maps, follow "Maps (Link)".
・For information about the police stations which have jurisdiction over the flight restriction zones, see below.

 Political parties’ offices

No. Facility Name
1 KOMEITO Headquarters
2 Liberal Democratic Party Headquarters
3 The Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party
・For flight restriction zone maps, see below.
・For information about the police stations which have jurisdiction over the flight restriction zones, see below.

  Diplomatic establishments, etc.

No. Facility Name
1 Embassy of the United States of America in Japan
2 Embassy of Israel in Japan
3 Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan
・For flight restriction zone maps, see below.
・For information about the police stations which have jurisdiction over the flight restriction zones, see below.
 
[Attention]
Temporary facilities may be added in connection with the visit of foreign dignitaries to Japan. For details of the temporary facilities, please check the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

 Defense facilities 

Defense facilities subject to prohibition are being added as needed. Please check the National Police Agency website (Japanese) or the Ministry of Defense website (English) for the latest information.

 Airports

No. Facility Name Prefectural Police (Link)
1 New Chitose Airport Hokkaido
2 Narita International Airport Chiba
3 Tokyo International Airport Tokyo
4 Chubu Centrair International Airport Aichi
5 Osaka Itami Airport Osaka
Hyogo
6 Kansai International Airport Osaka
7 Fukuoka Airport Fukuoka
8 Naha Airport Okinawa
・For flight restriction zone maps, see below.
・For information about the police stations which have jurisdiction over the flight restriction zones, follow "Prefectural Police (Link)".
 

 Nuclear facility sites

No. Facility Name Company Link Prefectural Police (Link)
1 Tomari Power Station Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. Hokkaido
2 Higashidori Nuclear Power Station Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Aomori
3 Onagawa Nuclear Power Station Miyagi
4 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Fukushima
5 Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station
6 Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Niigata
7 Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. Shizuoka
8 Shika Nuclear Power Station Hokuriku Electric Power Company Ishikawa
9 Mihama Power Station Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. Fukui
10 Takahama Power Station
11 Ohi Power Station
12 Shimane Nuclear Power Station Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Shimane
13 Ikata Power Station Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Ehime
14

Genkai Nuclear Power Station

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. Saga
15 Sendai Nuclear Power Station Kagoshima
16 Tokai No.2 Power Station Japan Atomic Power Company Ibaraki
17 Tsuruga Power Station Fukui
18 Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Monju Japan Atomic Energy Agency
19 Fugen Decommissioning Engineering Center Fukui
20 Reprocessing Plant Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited. Aomori
21 Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories Japan Atomic Energy Agency Ibaraki
22 Oarai Nuclear Engineering Institute

・For flight restriction zone maps, please check "GSI Maps".
・For information about the police stations which have jurisdiction over the flight restriction zones, follow "Prefectural Police (Link)".

Links

〇 About the Drone Act (NPA HP)
 
〇 About the Civil Aeronautics Act (MLIT HP)
 
〇 Japanese page(NPA HP)