Japan eyes drone ban over U.S. military sites, Olympics venues

The government approved Tuesday a bill to prohibit the flying of drones over U.S. military facilities in Japan, ignoring media-industry protests over potential disruption to news-gathering.Seen as an antiterrorism measure, the legislation -- still to be passed by parliament -- would also ban drones from flying over Japan Self-Defense Forces' facilities, as well as venues for this year's Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.During those sporting events, only drones controlled by the media providing coverage of them would be allowed to fly over venues.Japan already proh…READ FULL ARTICLE