In late August, the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was held in Japan. Nearly 50 years ago, Yamaha Motor saw the potential of African markets and has been working diligently at the grassroots level to develop businesses there ever since. Going forward, Yamaha will formulate new business strategies for a wide range of product categories in accordance with our mi
IWATA, August 23, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will conduct an evaluation trial of forestry situation measurement within Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan on August 27, 2019. The trial will be run in collaboration with the City of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture Agriculture and Forestry Technology Research Institute’s Forest Industry Research Center, the Nati
IWATA, August 21, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it has developed the SC-1 Sociable Cart, a vehicle that delivers a new low-speed mobility experience, jointly with Sony Corporation. The SC-1 brings together a fusion of Yamaha Motor’s autonomous driving technology and Sony's entertainment imaging technology. The two companies plan to launch Japanese domestic serv
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
