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  • Yamaha Motor & Sony to Commence Services of jointly developed Entertainment Vehicles - Autonomous Drive Technology Integrated with Mixed Reality Imaging Delivers New Low-Speed Mobility Experience -

    IWATA, October 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that the company will commence services from November 1, 2019 using the SC-1 entertainment vehicle - Sociable Cart jointly developed with the Sony Corporation. The first services will start at the Kanucha Bay Resort (Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture) and at the Southeast Botanical Gardens (Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefectur

  • New Skies for Yamaha’s Unmanned Helicopters Yamaha Motor Newsletter (October 11, 2019 No. 75)

    Since around 2015, the commercial drone business has grown rapidly on a global scale and is expected to further expand going forward. Today, remotely operated or autopilot-equipped Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) fitted with cameras or surveying devices are used for aerial photography and filming, observation and measurement of landforms and construction sites, and for transporting packages.

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, October 11, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective October 15, 2019.
     
    1. Changes in group companies
    Name New Position Current Position Shinji 
    Takeda Vice Chairman of Yamaha Motor Taiwan
    Co., Ltd. Yamaha Motor Taiwan Co., Ltd. Main businesses of the gr

  • The Yamaha Motor Booth at the 46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019 “There Is Greater Joy Yet to Come”

    IWATA, October 10, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) will participate in the 46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019 (Organizer: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.) to be held at the Tokyo Big Sight from October 24 (Thu.) to November 4 (Mon.). Located in the venue’s West Hall 2, the theme of the Yamaha Motor booth will be “There Is Greater Joy Yet to Come - ART for Human Possibilitie

  • "Sharing Dreams" Release of a new documentary movie

    We are pleased to announce release of a new documentary movie, “Sharing Dreams.” on our corporate website.

    >See the movie
    The scene for this movie, the 15th in the series, is Australia.
    Children’s dreams know no bounds. Their genuine aspiration becomes what drives them as they grow and mature under the watchful and caring eyes of their parents.
    Zane Burchell has his eyes fixed

  • Peerapong Boonlert Wins Career-First ARRC SS600 Title

    September 23, 2019—The penultimate round of the 2019 season of the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) took place from September 19 to 22 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, where Peerapong Boonlert of the Yamaha Thailand Racing Team rode his YZF-R6 to 3rd place in Race 1 of the SuperSports600 (SS600) class, giving him his 11th podium finish of the season—including 7 race wins—to

  • Yusuke Watanabe to Enter Final Two All Japan Motocross Championship Rounds

    September 17, 2019 ― Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce that Yusuke Watanabe, who contested his second season in the AMA 250cc Motocross Championship in the United States this year, will race in the All Japan Motocross Championship for the CycleTrader/Rock River/Yamaha team aboard a YZ250F in the IA2 class at Round 7 (October 12–13) in Kumamoto Prefecture and Round 8 (October 26–27), t

  • Yamaha Motor Holds Evaluation Trial of Industrial-Use Unmanned Helicopters in Kenya

    IWATA, September 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will begin an evaluation trial in cooperation with Kenyan industrial drone service company Astral Aerial Solutions from December 2019 aimed at strengthening its African business and making a contribution to Africa through its industrial-use unmanned helicopters.
    This trial is based on the agreement rega

  • Yamaha Motor Begins Evaluation Trial of Green Slow Mobility Rental Cars on Teshima Island - Contributing to Easier Travel around the “Setouchi Triennale 2019 Fall Expansions” Host Area -

    IWATA, September 13, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will begin an evaluation trial of rental car operations using Green Slow Mobility (GSM)* in partnership with Mitsui & Co. and local rental car business KarenSTYLE. To be run during the “Setouchi Triennale 2019 Fall Expansions” held on Teshima Island (Tonoshō-chō, Kagawa-ken, Japan) from September 28, thi

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, September 13, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective September 15, 2019.
     
    1. Change in duties of Executive Chief General Managers and Senior General Managers
    Name New Position Current Position Minoru
    Iida Senior General Manager of Research &
    Development Secti

  • Yamaha to Provide Technical Support for Yamaha Sepang Racing Team at Inaugural 8 Hours of Sepang

    September 11, 2019—The first-ever 8 Hours of Sepang is set to be held on December 14, 2019 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia as Round 2 of the 2019-2020 Endurance World Championship (EWC). Competing in the eight-hour endurance event aboard the YZF-R1 and sporting Yamaha’s iconic #21 will be the Yamaha Sepang Racing Team, fielding MotoGP riders Franco Morbidelli and Hafizh Syahrin

  • Yamaha Motor Launches YK400XE SCARA Robot - Delivers Increased Payload and Decreased Cycle Time but Maintains Similar Price -

    IWATA, September 6, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will launch the new YK400XE model 400mm arm length SCARA (horizontal articulated) robot from September 17, 2019.
    Despite its low price, the YK400XE is the successor model to the high-precision and high-functionality YK400XR. Thanks to improved rigidity via strengthening of the drive system and arm as

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