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  • Yamaha Motor Assists in Marine Plastic Survey

    IWATA, December 11, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will participate as a survey support partner in the "Scientific Survey of Marine Plastic Pollution" being run by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC).
    Held in conjunction with the 2019-2020 Japan-Palau Goodwill Yacht Race (hosted by the Kanagawa Prefecture Sailing Federation

  • Yamaha Motor Wins Taiwan Golden Pin Design Award Grand Prize - EC-05 Electric Scooter Receives Second Design Award -

    IWATA, December 9, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that its EC-05 electric scooter has received the “Best Design” - the highest honor - in the Taiwan Golden Pin Design Award. Following on from being named “Winner” in the “German Design Award,” this recognition represents the second design accolade for the EC-05.
    The EC-05 is an electric scooter developed in colla

  • Cultivating Lifelong Fans and Customers Yamaha Motor Newsletter (December 4, 2019 No. 76)

    “Create demand through your own efforts.” This has been part of Yamaha Motor’s corporate culture since our founding and serves as the basis of our work in each of our business operations and product lines. One example of this can be found in Japan, where the low birthrate and aging population is presenting real challenges for the future. Yamaha holds Parent-Child Motorcycle Classes and Engine

  • Third time “Winner” for Yamaha Motor in “German Design Award 2020” International Design Competition - In succession from 2017, and 2018 -

    IWATA, November 25, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that its electric scooter EC-05 has been given the title “Winner” in the Excellent Product Design category of the “German Design Award 2020”, the country's prestigious design award.
    The EC-05 is an electric scooter developed in collaboration with Gogoro Inc. (head office: Taoyuan City, Taiwan; CEO: Horace Luke)

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, November 14, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective November 15, 2019.
     
    1. Change in duties of Executive Officers
    Name New Position Current Position Yasuo Tanaka Executive Officer of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., and Chief General Manager of CS Center, and Senior General Mana

  • Yamaha Motor Net Sales Up Slightly, Earnings Down in First Three Quarters of FY Ending in December

    IWATA, November 13, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces consolidated business results for the first nine months. Net sales for Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.'s consolidated accounting period for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 were 1,267.2 billion yen, an increase of 5.3 billion yen (0.4%) compared with the same period the previous fiscal year. Opera

  • Katsuyuki Nakasuga Defends Title with 9th All Japan JSB1000 Championship Win

    November 5, 2019—The final round of the All Japan Road Race Championship was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on November 3, 2019 as the 51st Motorcycle Federation of Japan Grand Prix (MFJGP). In the premier JSB1000 class, the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga rode his YZF-R1 to victory in Race 1 and finished 2nd in Race 2 to seal a second consecutive title win and bring h

  • Yamaha Motor Exhibits City Commuter TRICITY300 at EICMA - “To someday create motorcycles that lean, but do not fall" - 4th model with LMW technology -

    IWATA, November 5, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that its new model, the TRICITY300 LMW*1 equipped with a water-cooled, 4-stroke, SOHC, single-cylinder, 292cm3 “BLUE CORE” engine will be on display at the EICMA (International Motorcycle Exhibition) in Milan, Italy from November 5.
    TRICITY300 is designed and positioned as a middle class LMW in line with the co

  • Yamaha Motor Releases High-Function 2-axis Robot Controller - RCX320 - Equipped with real-time output function for predictive maintenance info -

    IWATA, November 1, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that its new RCX320 will go on sale from December 1. The RCX320 is a 2-axis model of the RCX340 multi-axis robot controller, which has become a best seller due to its high performance and ease of use.
    The RCX320 inherits the advanced functionality and flexible expandability of the RCX340 realizing synchronous

  • 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 this

  • 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

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