Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japanese city is taking an innovative approach to keeping bears away: drones. Ishinomaki City has ordered bear-spray-carrying ...

Wingcopter’s authorized partner in Japan, ITOCHU Corporation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the practical use of Wingcopter’s long-range drones in aerial surveying ...

WTF?! Bear attacks are a serious problem in parts of Japan. As human encounters with these animals increase and related deaths reach an all-time high, new drones equipped with non-lethal ...

The new system being developed in Akita prefecture can detect bears and share their locations via smartphones A drone school in northeastern Japan is developing a new system that uses drones and ...

When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – one with fuzzy ears and up to 220 pounds of mass. This mountainous region ...

Japan is turning to cutting-edge drone technology to protect its poultry farms from devastating bird flu outbreaks. In one of the most ambitious biosecurity moves in recent years, authorities have ...

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