IWATA, August 9, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective August 15, 2019.
1. Change in duties of Directors, Managing Executive Officers and Senior Executive Officers
Name
New Position
Current Position
Makoto
Shimamoto
Senior Executive Officer and Director,
Chief General Manager
IWATA, August 8, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces consolidated business results for the first half. Net sales for Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.'s consolidated accounting period for the first half of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 were 855.9 billion yen, an increase of 4.6 billion yen (0.5%) compared with the same period the previous fiscal year. Operating income was
IWATA, August 8, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) hereby announces that, at the Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, August 8, 2019, the Company has determined to revise as follows the forecast consolidated business results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.
There are no changes to the forecast dividend for the year.
1. Revised Forecast Consolidated
IWATA, July 30, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will participate in the Japan Fair “Japan-Africa Business Forum & Expo,” to be held from August 28 to 30 at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan. Hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the Fair will be held alongside the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African De
At the Tokyo Motor Show in the autumn of 2017, there were three Yamaha concept models in particular that drew significant attention.
One was the MOTOROiD, a self-balancing motorcycle with the ability to stand up on its own and slowly come to its owner autonomously when beckoned, and another was MOTOBOT Ver. 2, an advancement of Yamaha’s robot capable of autonomously riding an unmodified YZ
IWATA, July 23, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that an operational trial of Agricultural UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles) will begin from August 2019 in the orchards of the Hamamatsu Fruit Park Tokinosumika experiential theme park in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Conducted in partnership with the Hamamatsu City Council and Tokinosumika Co.,Ltd., this
IWATA, July 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that the YNF (Yamaha Next Field)-01 low-speed mobility concept model has received the world-renowned “Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2019” award. This honor represents Yamaha Motor’s third Design Concept category award in a row since 2017.
The
YNF-01 is a low-speed mobility vehicle featuring outdoor-influenced st
IWATA, July 12, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective July 15, 2019.
1. Change in duties of General Manager
Name
New Position
Current Position
Toshinari Maegawa
General Manager of Finance &
Accounting Division, Corporate
Planning & Finance Center
Manager of
IWATA, July 4, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) today announced its decision to make additional investment in Tier IV, Inc., which is engaged in the development of Autoware autonomous driving OS software. Through this investment, Yamaha Motor aims to strengthen development capabilities and acquire knowledge regarding low-speed autonomous driving technology. Through this additional inv
Yamaha Motor and the Iwata City Council today announced the beginning of an evaluation trial on public roads of low-speed autonomous driving vehicles. This trial is based on the “Partnership Agreement for Low-Speed Autonomous Driving Technology Evaluation Trials within Iwata City” concluded in October last year, and has two objectives: firstly, functional evaluation of and ascertaining issue
IWATA, June 24, 2019 — Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that the company’s shares have been chosen for the first time in the ESG (Environment, Society, and Governance) global index FTSE4Good Index Series as well as the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, which has been adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) as an index for ESG investment.
The FTSE4Good Index Serie
IWATA, June 19, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has installed 10 Yamaha Clean Water Supply Systems in river basins in Senegal, and completed handover to the Government of Senegal.
This initiative is a concrete expression of the aim "access to safe water and hygiene improvements for 10 million people" stated by the Government of Japan as a support measure
IWATA, June 18, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has been selected for inclusion in the 2019 "SNAM Sustainability Index." This index is created by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd. (SNAM), and this award marks the second year in a row that Yamaha Motor has been chosen for the Index.
Based on surveys* related to ESG (Environment, Social, Gove
IWATA, June 14, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective June 15, 2019.
1. Personnel changes at group companies
Name
New Position
Current Position
Hiroshi Koike
President of Yamaha Motor
Philippines, Inc.
Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc.
Main businesses o
Since our founding, Yamaha Motor has placed high priority on design with its Monozukuri (creating products with an emphasis on craftsmanship and excellence), passed down engineering ideals to create motorcycles in tune with the rider and praised as having “Yamaha Handling,” and created several distinct worlds for its product brands.
Yamaha believes that motorcycles are more than simple
IWATA, June 6, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it has been selected as a composite stock for the "S&P Japan 500 ESG," created by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC of the U.S., the world's largest financial index production company.
Companies are selected for the "S&P Japan 500 ESG" among the 500 Japanese corporations included in the "S&P Japan 500" b
IWATA, May 28, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that the company has agreed with recommendations made in June 2017 by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
The TCFD was established in December 2015 by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), which consists of central banks and financial regulators in major countries, and recommends that analy
IWATA, May 24, 2019—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today plans to increase the production capacity of motorcycles at Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. (YMPH) who manufactures and sells motorcycles based within the Lima Technology Center in the Province of Batangas.
Under this plan, a new plant will be built on the same site, with the annual production capacity to be raised from
IWATA, May 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that its Indian motorcycle manufacturing subsidiary India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. (IYM) has reached a total accumulated production volume of 10 million units.
Motorcycle demand is growing every year against a background of rising incomes thanks to economic growth and the increasing role of women in society, with the cur
IWATA, May 14, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective May 15, 2019.
1. Personnel changes at group companies
Name
New Position
Current Position
Kei Ochiai
Chairman of Yamaha Motor Electronics Suzhou Co., Ltd.
Yamaha Motor Electronics Co., Ltd.
Minoru Sasaki
General Director of Yamaha Mo