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Yamaha Motor Releases the Cell Picking & Imaging System CELL HANDLER(TM)　- CELL HANDLER(TM) aims to provide the medical field with solutions, using Yamaha Motor’s applied surface mounter technology -

1 September 2017 03:00

IWATA, September 1, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it has developed the Cell* Picking & Imaging System CELL HANDLERTM. This device performs part of the testing process to evaluate pharmaceutical efficacy, such as in the development of new drugs and anti-cancer agents. The first unit was delivered to Fukushima Medical University on August 31, 2017.
*In this r

Kohta Nozane to Contest 2017–2018 Endurance World Championship Season with YART Once Again

31 August 2017 01:00

Rising Japanese racing star Kohta Nozane will once again join Australian veteran Broc Parkes and young German racer Marvin Fritz to compete in the FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) as a full-time rider with the YART Yamaha Official EWC Team (YART) for the upcoming 2017–2018 season.
Nozane will be trackside with his teammates at the season-opening Bol d’Or 24-hour endurance race scheduled f

Yamaha Motor Launches V-IXION R “Naked Sports” Motorcycle in Indonesia　- Platform Model Featuring the New YZF-R15’s Engine -

23 August 2017 02:00

IWATA, August 23, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will launch the new “naked sports”V-IXION R, which features a liquid-cooled 155cm3 fuel-injected VVA1 engine, in Indonesia from August 2017.
As the “Advanced Edition”of the current V-IXION series, the V-IXION R platform model enters the “naked sports”motorcycle category by utilizing the engine and frame of the

Yamaha Golf Cars/Land Cars User-friendly and Eco-friendly Features and Performance for Expanded Roles in Society-Yamaha Motor Monthly Newsletter（Aug.11, 2017 No.56)-

21 August 2017 06:00

Yamaha Golf Cars/Land Cars
User-friendly and Eco-friendly Features and Performance for Expanded Roles in Society
To fulfill our corporate mission to be a Kando* Creating Company offering new excitement and a more fulfilling life for people all over the world, Yamaha Motor offers a variety of products and services for both recreation and business on a global scale, from motorcycles, outbo

&Y01 Wins First “Red Dot Award: Design Concept”　Further Leading Global Design Competition Honor after the “Good Design Award” and “iF Design Award”

10 August 2017 02:00

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (hereafter “Yamaha Motor”) and Yamaha Corporation (hereafter “Yamaha”) are proud to announce that the &Y01 electrically power-assisted wheelchair that performs music designed in collaboration by the two companies has received the internationally-prestigious “Red Dot Award: Design Concept.”In addition to marking the third design award received by the &Y01 - following

Announcement of Personnel Changes

10 August 2017 02:00

IWATA, August 10, 2017 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective August 15, 2017.
■　Change in duties of General Manager

Abbreviations;
・CS = Customer Service
・SCM = Supply Chain Management
Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;
・Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.: Import and sales of Yamaha Motor products in the U.S

Notifications regarding the Revision of Dividends from Surplus (Interim Dividend) and Forecast of Final Dividends

8 August 2017 06:10

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. hereby announces that at the Board of Directors meeting on August 8, 2017, the Company has determined to make payments of dividends from surplus (interim dividend) with a record date of June 30, 2017, and has furthermore revised the forecast of final dividends based on the forecast consolidated business results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.
1. Details of D

Yamaha Motor Achieves Record First-half Earnings　- Net Sales in Most Product Groups Up Solidly -

8 August 2017 06:10

IWATA, August8, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces consolidated business results for the first half. Net sales for Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.'s consolidated accounting period for the first half were 828.1 billion yen, an increase of 49.7 billion yen (6.4%) compared with the same period the previous fiscal year. Operating income was 82.2 billion yen, an increase of 16.8 billion yen (

Yamaha Claims First-Ever Third Consecutive Victory at the 40th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race

31 July 2017 10:30

July 31, 2017 ― The 40th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race got underway on July 30, 2017 at the iconic Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan, and saw the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark stretch Yamaha’s string of wins from 2015 and 2016 at the prestigious event with another. This marks Yamaha’s first-ever third consecutive Suzuka 8

GMT94 Official EWC Team Clinches Third Endurance World Championship Title

31 July 2017 10:00

July 31, 2017 - At the 40th Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race held on July 30, 2017 at the iconic Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture, Japan, the GMT94 Yamaha Official EWC Team ran a controlled and mature race to finish in 11th and successfully add a third Endurance World Championship title to their crowns from 2004 and 2014.
The French team of endurance specialists didn’t have the eas

Yamaha Riders Restate Victory as the Goal at Yamaha Suzuka 8 Hours Fan Meeting 2017

26 July 2017 09:30

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. held the Yamaha Suzuka 8 Hours Fan Meeting 2017 on July 25, 2017 at the nicofarre event hall in Roppongi, Tokyo for Yamaha fans specially invited by factory team sponsors, motorcycle media and other attendees.
Taking the stage were the riders and team managers of the Yamaha Factory Racing Team, YART Yamaha Official EWC Team and GMT94 Yamaha Official EWC Team, who in jus

Yamaha Motor Opens First Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing in Chennai　- Public-Private HR Development Program through Japanese/Indian Government & Japanese Corporate Collaboration -

24 July 2017 02:00

IWATA, July 21, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced that it has today held the opening ceremony for the YAMAHA MOTOR NTTF Training Center (YNTC), newly established at the Chennai Plant (in Tamil Nadu State) of its local subsidiary India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. (IYM).
The YNTC is the first center opened as part of the Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing (JIM) initiative, whic

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