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  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, April 14, 2017 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective April 15, 2017.

    Abbreviations;
    ・NPM = New Personal Mobility
    ・LMW = Leaning Multi Wheel

  • Yamaha Motor Produces Ten-millionth Motorcycle in Taiwan Major Milestone in One of the World's Largest Scooter Markets

    IWATA, April 12, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that local Group company Yamaha Motor Taiwan co., Ltd (hereinafter, YMT) has now produced its ten-millionth motorcycle since the company’s establishment in 1987.
    YMT was established in 1987 as a local subsidiary of Yamaha Motor for motorcycle production in Taoyuan City of northern Taiwan, and mainly produces scooters f

  • Yamaha Motor XSR900 Grabs Coveted Supreme Design Award - First Yamaha Motor Model to Win Five Design Awards -

    IWATA, April 3, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that its XSR900 motorcycle has been chosen as the “Best of the Best” in the globally-renowned Red Dot Award*: Product Design 2017 competition.
    This marks the fifth consecutive year since 2012 that Yamaha Motor products have received this award, and the third product selected for the “Best of the Best” honor after the MT-

  • Yamaha Motor to Launch More Powerful YZF-R15 in Indonesia - Boasts Nearly 20% Greater Output; Sales in Other ASEAN Countries Planned -

    IWATA, March 31, 2017-Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that the new YZF-R15 sports model motorcycle, which inherits the DNA of the flagship supersport YZF-R1, will be launched in April 2017 for Indonesia and subsequently also go on sale in other ASEAN markets.
    As the successor model to the current YZF-R15, which has been popular for its highly-focused feel and racy image whic

  • New Corporate documentary movie released! Skill India: Schools for India’s Dreamers

    Yamaha Engineer's smiles Moving You:Vol. 10 Skill India: Schools for India’s Dreamers
    Yamaha Training Schools (YTS) are open to young people in India who otherwise wouldn’t have the means or opportunity to study or receive vocational training, and they provide training and instruction for them to become certified motorcycle technicians. These schools are being opened throughout India and youn

  • Yamaha Motor Design -Yamaha Motor Monthly Newsletter(Mar.15, 2017 No.51)

    Yamaha Motor Design
    Bringing New Dimensions to Ideas, Forms and Monozukuri
    Since its founding, Yamaha Motor has placed particular importance on design in its quest to be a Kando* Creating Company, aiming to create a distinct corporate presence by building products with a high standard of quality that move and inspire people. Alongside original and innovative ideas, concepts and technolo

  • Yamaha Motor Releases Unmanned Herbicide Sprayer - WATER STRIDER - Lightweight and Easy Handling for Improved Rice Cultivation Efficiency -

    IWATA, March 15, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that the unmanned WATER STRIDER boat - capable of being remotely controlled for herbicide spraying work required before and after rice planting and direct sowing in paddy rice cultivation - is to be available for the agricultural market from April 25.
    The WATER STRIDER is an unmanned boat approx. 1.6 m in length, which

  • Yamaha Motor Joins CeBIT 2017 as Exhibitor Displaying products demonstrating electronic control technology engineered to move and inspire people

    IWATA, March 14, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) will enter the CeBIT 2017 event running for the five days of March 20 to 24 in Hannover, Germany as an exhibitor. On display will be Yamaha’s Z:LEX YSM20 surface mounter, the FAZER R G2 industrial-use unmanned helicopter capable of automated flight and the HARMO electric boat propulsion system, all aimed at demonstrating how Yamaha uses

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, March 14, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes.


    Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;
    ・SUNWARD INTERNATIONAL, INC.:
    Export of expendable parts, tools, facility maintenance equipment, raw materials, import of parts for boats and sailing yachts, etc., motorcycle and automobile tires, etc.
    ・Yamaha Motor Support & Se

  • 2017 Yamaha Motorsports Activities

    IWATA, March 3, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is proud to present the continuation of the Yamaha Racing strategy for the 2017 on and off-road racing season. Yamaha restructured its mid- to long-term global strategy in 2015 - the year marking the company’s 60th anniversary - and has engaged in a variety of corporate initiatives under its basic policies for racing activities: increasin

  • Yamaha Motor JW Wheelchairs Division Acquires "ISO 13485: 2003" - International standard for quality assurance on medical equipment -

    IWATA, March 1, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the JW Business Division, which works with electric power units for wheelchairs and electric wheelchairs etc., has acquired certification for the international standard "ISO 13485: 2003*1"” for quality management systems in the medical equipment field.
    This certification was assessed by the "TÜV SÜD*2" - headquarte

  • New Hamamatsu IM Base Completed Expanding business scale and establishing a high-profitability business model

    IWATA, February 28, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces that it has completed construction of the new Hamamatsu IM Base (located in Toyooka-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture) for the IM Business Unit, which undertakes the development, manufacture and sales of surface mounters and industrial robots. The building has been under construction since April 2015 with the goal

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