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  • Revision of Forecast Dividend and Forecast Consolidated Business Results for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2020

    IWATA, August 6,2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) hereby announces that, at the Board of Directors meeting on August 6, 2020, the Company has determined to revise the forecast consolidated business results for the fiscal year ending December 2020, which was undecided at the announcement on April 24, 2020, and to revise the forecast for the end-of-term dividends announced on May 29, 20

  • Consolidated Business Results Summary - First Half of Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2020 -

    IWATA, August 6, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces consolidated business results for the second quarter.
    Net sales for Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.'s consolidated accounting period for the first six months of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 were 685.5 billion yen (a decrease of 170.4 billion yen or 19.9% compared with the same period the previous fiscal year). Operat

  • Otaru Canal Cruise (LEFT)   Yamaha Motor’s Next-Generation Platform Harmo structure image (RIGHT)

    Yamaha Motor Starts Evaluation Trials on Next-Generation Control System HARMO - New platform integrates electric propulsion unit and steering system -

    IWATA, July 31, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) will start evaluation trials of its new integrated electric propulsion unit and steering control system HARMO at Hokkaido based Otaru Canal Cruise from August 7.
    HARMO is a "next-generation control system platform" consisting of a propulsion unit powered by an electric motor, a remote-control box, and a joystick that enables more

  • "LEXUS LC500" and "LEXUS LC500 Convertible" with "Yamaha Performance Dampers"

    Yamaha Motor's Performance Damper for Use in LEXUS LC - Contributing to a higher-driving comfort and steering stability -

    IWATA, July 27, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced that the vehicle performance vibration damper - Yamaha Performance Damper -has been adopted for use in "LEXUS LC500 Convertible" models (released from July 15), and 2021 model year of "LEXUS LC500" (released from June 18)
    The Yamaha Performance Damper will be installed in LEXUS models IS350/300, RC350/300, GS350(2WD)/300

  • New Organizational Reforms and Personnel Changes at Yamaha Motor

    IWATA, July 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has resolved to implement the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
     
    ■ Organizational Reforms
    1. Corporate Planning & Finance Center
    The Corporate Planning & Finance Center will be reorganized for the purpose of concentrating management resources on st

  • #1 Dylan Ferrandis

    Dylan Ferrandis Wins Back-to-Back 250SX West Titles for Yamaha AMA Championship Three-peat

    June 23, 2020—On June 21, 2020 at the final round of the AMA 250SX West Championship held in Salt Lake City, Utah, Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing’s Dylan Ferrandis finished 4th aboard his #1 plated YZ250F to clinch the 2020 championship for back-to-back titles. With Aaron Plessinger’s 2018 championship win, this marked a third consecutive title for Yamaha in the class.
    The AMA Supercro

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, June 5, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel change, effective June 15, 2020
     
    1. Change in duties of Executive Officers
    (Name) (New position) (Current position) USUI, Hirofumi Senior Executive Officer,
    Chief General Manager of Marine
    Business Operations,
    and Senior Gen

  • Yamaha Motor Consolidated Business Results Summary, First Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2020

    IWATA, May 29, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces consolidated business results for the first quarter.
    Net sales for Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.'s consolidated cumulative period for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 were 395.9 billion yen, (a decrease of 33.5 billion yen or 7.8% compared with the same period the previous fiscal year), and operating

  • Dividend from Surplus and Revision of Forecast Dividends

    IWATA, May 29, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272), by a resolution of its Board of Directors on May 29, 2020, has decided to cancel dividends from surplus at the end of the second quarter (June 30, 2020). Yamaha Motor will therefore make a new announcement when making projections become possible for forecast dividends from surplus for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.
     

  • #StayHome Diversions for Fun and Fitness   Yamaha Motor Newsletter (May 26, 2020 No. 81)

    #StayHome Diversions for Fun and Fitness Yamaha Motor Newsletter (May 26, 2020 No. 81)

    Around the world today, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has drastically affected people’s lives and brought illness and even death to countless victims. To stem the spread of the disease, numerous countries have asked or required people to stay home and avoid going out as much as possible.
    However, this unprecedented restriction of people’s freedom to go about their daily lives can defi

  • Linear Conveyor Module LCMR200

    Yamaha Motor Launches New Linear Conveyor Module LCMR200 - Contributing to streamlining and improving quality at complex and diversified production sites for realizing next-generation factory -

    IWATA, May 26, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will release the LCMR200, a new linear conveyor module on July 1. The structure of the current model LCM-X has undergone a major review in order to further improve ease of use.
    The LCMR200 inherits features from the current LCM-X model such as high accuracy and narrow pitch, but now with greatly improved r

  • Yamaha Motor: Production Adjustments & Temporary Closures due to COVID-19 Pandemic

    IWATA, May 15, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has determined that all business locations, factories, and offices in Japan will have an additional temporary closure at the same time for the five days between June 8 and 12. The only exceptions to the suspension are the Hamamatsu Robotics Building and the Miyakoda Building (both of these robotics-related facili

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