Drone with "minuscule" quantity of radiation lands on Japan PM's office: media

Police found the radiation to be low enough not to be harmful to humans, media said. 

Public broadcaster NHK said the bomb squad was called in to  cart away the drone, which was carrying a small camera and a water bottle. 

Abe was in Indonesia on April 22 attending an Asia-Africa summit. An official at the prime minister's office declined to comment. 

It was not immediately clear who sent the drone or why. But a Japanese court on April 22 approved the restart of a nuclear power station in the southwest of the country, rejecting worries about nuclear safety in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima radiation disaster. 

The ruling was a boost for Abe, who wants to reboot nuclear power to help cut reliance on expensive fossil fuel imports. 

Televised aerial footage from the prime minister's office showed the drone with propellers covered under cardboard and later a blue tarp. 

Broadcaster NHK said an official at the premier's office found the drone and that the device was around 50 cm (20 ins) in diameter. No-one was injured. 

Japan, which has a proven track record in electronics and robotics, is looking to fast track industry-friendly regulation to give its drone sector an edge over the United States. 

The government is considering the Fukushima nuclear plant, wrecked by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as a test ground for robots and drones. 

A Japanese company this year is planning to mass produce six-propeller drones that could survey radiation levels and help with the government's decommissioning effort, media have said.