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  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, August 9, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective August 15, 2019.
     
    1. Change in duties of Directors, Managing Executive Officers and Senior Executive Officers
    Name New Position Current Position Makoto
    Shimamoto Senior Executive Officer and Director,
    Chief General

  • Racers from Southeast Asia and North America Selected for 8th Edition of VR46 Master Camp

    August 9, 2019—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce that the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp, a training programme to develop young riding talent run in cooperation with Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy, will be held in Italy over the five days of September 4 to 8. The programme will build on the participating riders’ experience to up their skills, knowled

  • Yamaha Motor Reveals Rise in Consolidated Sales - Strong growth in marine and financial services segments -

    IWATA, August 8, 2019 - 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 of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 were 855.9 billion yen, an increase of 4.6 billion yen (0.5%) compared with the same period the previous fiscal year. Operating income

  • Yamaha Motor: Notifications regarding the Revision of Forecast Consolidated Business Results for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2019

    IWATA, August 8, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) hereby announces that, at the Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, August 8, 2019, the Company has determined to revise as follows the forecast consolidated business results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.
    There are no changes to the forecast dividend for the year.
     
    1. Revised Forecast Consolidated

  • Yamaha Factory Racing Team Finish 2nd in Thrilling 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours

    July 30, 2019―At the 42nd “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours, Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark of the Yamaha Factory Racing Team took the #21 YZF-R1 to 2nd place, securing the fifth consecutive podium finish at Suzuka for Yamaha since the return of the factory team in 2015.
    With 2019 marking the 21st year since the YZF-R1 was launched, the Yamaha Factory Racing Team entered

  • Yamaha Motor to Exhibit at Japan Fair held with TICAD7 - Showcasing Compact Water Purification System, Outboard Motors, and Industrial-Use Unmanned Helicopters -

    IWATA, July 30, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will participate in the Japan Fair “Japan-Africa Business Forum & Expo,” to be held from August 28 to 30 at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan. Hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the Fair will be held alongside the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African De

  • The All-New TRITOWN Yamaha Motor Newsletter (July 30, 2019 No. 73)

    At the Tokyo Motor Show in the autumn of 2017, there were three Yamaha concept models in particular that drew significant attention.
    One was the MOTOROiD, a self-balancing motorcycle with the ability to stand up on its own and slowly come to its owner autonomously when beckoned, and another was MOTOBOT Ver. 2, an advancement of Yamaha’s robot capable of autonomously riding an unmodified YZ

  • Yamaha Motor Begins Trial of Agricultural UGVs in Hamamatsu City

    IWATA, July 23, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that an operational trial of Agricultural UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles) will begin from August 2019 in the orchards of the Hamamatsu Fruit Park Tokinosumika experiential theme park in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
    Conducted in partnership with the Hamamatsu City Council and Tokinosumika Co.,Ltd., this

  • Yamaha Motor Receives Globally-Prestigious Design Award for Third Consecutive Year - Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2019 -

    IWATA, July 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that the YNF (Yamaha Next Field)-01 low-speed mobility concept model has received the world-renowned “Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2019” award. This honor represents Yamaha Motor’s third Design Concept category award in a row since 2017.
    The YNF-01 is a low-speed mobility vehicle featuring outdoor-influenced st

  • Yamaha Motor Launches 2020 YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M in Europe - Supersport Flagship Models with Further Advanced and Enhanced Track Performance -

    IWATA, July 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that the updated supersport YZF-R1 and premium YZF-R1M models will be released from September 2019 for Europe. Both models are powered by liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, 4-valve, in-line 4-cylinder 998cm3 engines featuring a crossplane crankshaft.
    Launch of the YZF-R1, and the YZF-R1M in Japan is planned from the fall of

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, July 12, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective July 15, 2019.
     
    1. Change in duties of General Manager
    Name New Position Current Position Toshinari
    Maegawa General Manager of Finance & Accounting Division, Corporate Planning & Finance Center Manager

  • Yamaha Motor Invests Further in Autonomous Driving Technology Developer "Tier IV" - Strengthening Development Capabilities for Low-Speed Autonomous Driving Vehicles -

    IWATA, July 4, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) today announced its decision to make additional investment in Tier IV, Inc., which is engaged in the development of Autoware autonomous driving OS software. Through this investment, Yamaha Motor aims to strengthen development capabilities and acquire knowledge regarding low-speed autonomous driving technology.
    Through this additional

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