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  • Yamaha Motor Celebrates “Yamaha Motor Innovation Center”  - Connecting to innovation in monozukuri, shapes and ideas for new dimensions -

    IWATA, February 22, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) conducted an inauguration ceremony today for the Yamaha Motor Innovation Center (originally known as the New Design Building), which will become the focal point for cutting-edge design initiatives that drive product design development and new innovation.
    The facility, which was completed in December 2016, has five floors, an archite

  • What Might Yamaha Create Someday?

    New Corporate Video: “At Yamaha, This is What We Do.”
    IWATA, February 21, 2017—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces the global release of a new corporate video entitled “At Yamaha, This is What We Do.” The video depicts through CGI things that Yamaha might look to do or create someday in the future and the kinds of worlds that could be possible as a result.
    https://youtu.be/QcvT8gS

  • Yamaha Motor Monthly Newsletter(Feb.15,2017 No.50)

    Yamaha Industrial-use Unmanned HelicoptersExpanding from Selling Products to Selling Solutions
    Over the last few years, we have been seeing what is now being called the “aerial industrial revolution,” rising from the prevalence of primarily electric-powered multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles commonly known as drones. They are expected to play increasingly wide-ranging roles in areas such

  • Yamaha Motor Receives Global “iF Design Award” for Fourth Consecutive Year - XSR900 Motorcycle Receives Fourth Design Award -

    IWATA, February 14, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) (hereafter “Yamaha Motor”) announced today that its XSR900 motorcycle and the &Y01 electrically power-assisted wheelchair that performs music designed in collaboration with Yamaha Corporation (hereafter “Yamaha”) have received the internationally-prestigious “iF Design Award 2017.”*Both awards are in the product category, and this

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, February 14, 2017 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective February 15, 2017.
    Changes in duties of Group Companies
    Main businesses of the group companies referenced above;・Yamaha Motor Electronics Thailand Co., Ltd.: Manufacture and sales of motorcycle electrical parts inThailand・Yamaha Motor Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd.: Manufacture of motorc

  • Consolidated Business Results Summary - Fiscal Year 2016 Ending December 31 -

    Consolidated business resultsIWATA, February 9, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announces results for the current consolidated accounting year. Net sales were 1,502.8 billion yen, a decrease of 128.3 billion yen (7.9%) compared with the previous fiscal year. Operating income was 108.6 billion yen, a decrease of 21.7 billion yen (16.7%), ordinary income was 102.1 billion yen, a decrease

  • Yamaha Motor Launches First Strategic Motorcycle for Africa - The CRUX Rev will be released in Africa from April 2017 and later in Central America and the Caribbean -

    IWATA, February 2, 2017-Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the CRUX Rev, the company's first strategic model for Africa, will be released in African countries from April 2017. Fitted with a 4-stroke, air-cooled BLUE CORE 110cc engine, this new model will subsequently be launched in countries in Central America and the Caribbean.
    As the first strategic motorcycle developed

  • Yamaha Motor Launches FZ25 to Suit Strong Customer Premium Orientation - Street Model for Expanding High Price Range of Indian Motorcycle Market -

    IWATA, January 25, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will launch the new FZ25 motorcycle onto the Indian market from February 2017. This street model features a new 250cc BLUE CORE engine, which delivers both riding enjoyment as well as excellent fuel efficiency and environmental performance.
    The main features of the FZ25 include 1) a high-torque fuel-injected

  • Spreading the Joy of Clean Water - Yamaha Motor Monthly Newsletter(Jan.16,2017 No.49)

    Yamaha Clean Water Supply System (YCW)Spreading the Joy of Clean Water One Community at a Time
    In recent years, businesses aimed at the “bottom of the pyramid” (BoP) low-income demographic in developing countries (about 70% of the world’s population) have shown signs of expansion, but Yamaha Motor has been taking on such endeavors in Asia, Central & South America and Africa since the 1

  • Yamaha Motor Launches Stylish and Sporty GDR155 Scooter - ASEAN Strategic Model Aiming to Build New Sporty Scooter Category -

    IWATA, January 13, 2017 -Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will launch the GDR155, a new scooter blending a stylish form and sporty ride, which has been developed as a strategic model for ASEAN markets. The introduction of the new model aims to create in the ASEAN region a sporty scooter category, which will become a stepping stone to the big scooter class. Launched in V

  • "Off-road Mania" – Chapter 7 " An Everlasting Quest for True Innovation " released!

    The Yamaha Motor corporate website features a series of seven items which, along with previously-unreleased video, showcases the development history of Yamaha offroad machines. Since the launch of the DT1 in 1968, Yamaha machines have constantly challenged the very frontiers of what is possible offroad. We are pleased to announce the release of the seventh and final installment, “An Everlasting Qu

  • Yamaha Motor Releases Compact High-Speed Modular YSM10 - 46,000CPH World Leading, 1-Beam/1-Head Class, Entry Model Surface Mounter -

    IWATA, January 11, 2017 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today thatthe new YSM10, a surface mounter*1 that is the world’s fastest in its class*2 at 46,000CPH*3,will be available for purchase from February 1, 2017. This new addition to the line-up is acompact, high-speed model with space-saving qualities, and provides a combination ofcomponent compatibility and versatility. In addit

  • “Master of Torque” Epilogue Released, An original anime series celebrating motorcycles set in Japan in the near future

    IWATA,December 26, 2016—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces the December 26, 2016 global release of an epilogue installment to "Master of Torque," an original short entertainment anime series that began with its first episode released online in the spring of 2014 and ended with the final episode released in April 2016.
    Like the previous installments of the anime, the epilogue has be

  • Yamaha Motor and Fuji Heavy Industries Conclude Contract to Transfer U.S. Sales Company and Selected Multi-purpose Engines

    Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, President: Hiroyuki Yanagi, hereafter “Yamaha”) and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, President: Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, hereafter “Fuji Heavy Industries”) have reached agreement, and have concluded a contract regarding the transfer of technological assets of selected multi-purpose engines and the capital s

  • Yamaha Motor Produces One-Millionth Motorcycle in the Philippines - Achieved in Ninth Year of Full-Scale Operation -

    IWATA, December 1, 2016 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that local Group company Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. (hereafter “YMPH”) has produced its one-millionth motorcycle today since the company’s establishment. To mark this event, the Batangas Province-based YMPH held a memorial ceremony attended by Katsuhito Yamaji, Senior Executive Officer and General Manager Manufactur

  • Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series Fukuoka

    Building towards the America’s Cup - hosted in Japan for the first time ever - the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series Fukuoka was successfully concluded over two days, on November 19 and 20.Softbank Team Japan, which is supported by Yamaha Motor, recorded results of 5-1-6-5-6-2 in the six races contested over two days between the six teams, for an overall result of 61 points and fifth place.

  • "Off-road Mania” - Pioneering Bikes for the Dirt Chapter 6 released!

    The Yamaha Motor corporate website features a series of seven items which, along with previously-unreleased video, showcases the development history of Yamaha offroad machines. Since the launch of the DT1 in 1968, Yamaha machines have constantly challenged the very frontiers of what is possible offroad. We are pleased to announce the release of the sixth installment, “It Was a Labor of Love.”

  • Yamaha Motor Wins the 51st Oyamada Memory Prize Weight-Reducing Aluminum, Titanium and Magnesium Parts and Technologies in the YZF-R1

    IWATA, November 9, 2016 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announces that the various weight-reducing technologies used in Yamaha’s sport motorcycles have been awarded the 51st Oyamada Memory Prize by the Japan Institute of Light Metals (JILM). The award was recently presented at a ceremony on November 5, 2016.
    Established in 1951 with the aim of promoting the science and technology of light

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