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  • Yamaha Motor - First “TRITOWN” Trial on Public Roads — Verifying versatility of compact electric two-front-wheeled standing mobility —

    IWATA, October 30, 2019—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced its first public road trialing of the compact electric two-front-wheeled standing mobility unit, TRITOWN in association with the city of Takayama - Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
    Trialing is scheduled to commence in front of the Takayama train station on November 9-10 (with a secondary option of November 16-17).
    In

  • Yamaha Motor Industrial-Use Unmanned Helicopters: Forestry Survey

    IWATA, October 28, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the company in a consortium with woodinfo, Inc., Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, and Maruyoshi Limited, will collect data on “Increased Wood Material Production AI Construction Model Projects'' in Kumakougen Town, commissioned by Ehime Prefecture for 3 days from October 28.
    This project will util

  • Yamaha Motor - Combined Initiative to Realize MaaS using Low-speed Mobility

    The three companies, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Yamaha Motor”), Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance”) and MS & AD InterRisk Research & Consulting, Inc. (hereinafter “MS & AD Interrisk Research”) have today, decided to conclude an agreement on low-speed mobility (hereinafter referred to as land cars) demonstrations and risk management

  • Yamaha Motor - Unnan City Demonstration by Green Slow Mobility - Supporting the creation of towns where people love walking -

    IWATA, October 28, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that in collaboration with Unnan City and Takenaka Corporation and nonprofit organization ETIC, it would embark on the Green Slow Mobility Demonstration - a compact, golf car based, slow speed vehicle project for the main facilities in Yunnan City, Shimane Prefecture.
    This initiative is based on the above-mentio

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

    IWATA, October 23, 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

  • 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

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