The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) is a coast guard organization responsible for the protection of Japan's coastline under the oversight of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Its missions include maritime law enforcement, national security, search and rescue, disaster response, hydrographic and oceanographic surveying, and maritime traffic management. JCG utilizes aircraft and has begun operating SeaGuardian drones for maritime surveillance. They also collaborate with JAXA for real-time satellite data and technical cooperation.
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The Japan Coast Guard spent $9 million testing the SeaGuardian drone.
Monitoring for illegal fishing is another mission for the Japan Coast Guard's drones.
The Japan Coast Guard tested the ability of the drones' cameras to identify people floating in open waters and read the identities of individual vessels.
The Japan Coast Guard is the latest maritime authority to adopt unmanned aircraft services from the European Maritime Safety Agency.
The Japan Coast Guard included drone technology in its budget for 2022 after a successful 2020 test of the SeaGuardian drone manufactured by General Atomics.
The Japan Coast Guard is planning to deploy drones for maritime surveillance.
The purpose of the drones is to increase the Japan Coast Guard's efficiency in conducting surveillance throughout Japan's territorial waters.