Today, Yamaha Motor is actively developing unmanned solutions to address a range of societal issues. Our strengths in this field stem from the record of results we forged from engaging in the personal mobility business as well as robotics from the late 1970s, and the considerable technological know-how acquired along the way. At present, the labor shortages seen in the agricultural sectors o
IWATA, February 1，2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) hereby announces that at the Board of Directors meeting held today, the Company has decided to revise the forecasts for its consolidated business results and year-end dividends for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 announced on November 9, 2020 as follows:
1) Revisions to Consolidated Business Results Forecast
IWATA, January 29th 2021 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. believes, that motorcycles have a great potential as an enjoyable and practical mean of individual transport in the future. New elements of safety for the company’s products is a focus in Yamaha developments.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. signed an agreement in December 2020 with other world leading motorcycle manufacturers to continue cooperation
Thanks to advances in virtual reality technology, today we are seeing its use spread to various fields, from day-to-day life to commerce and industry. However, this greater use of virtual reality (VR) equipment and headsets has also resulted in many reports of people suffering afterwards from symptoms similar to car-induced motion sickness. This has put the brakes on expanding the range of usage
IWATA, December 24, 2020 - At today’s Board of Directors Meeting, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) resolved to implement the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective, January 1, 2021.
■Organizational reforms (effective, January 1, 2021)
1. Technical Research & Development Center
The Mobility Technology Center and the Advanced Technology Ce
IWATA, December 24，2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) hereby announces that, at the Board of Directors meeting held on Thursday, December 24, 2020, the Company has determined the following executive and executive officer movements. The appointments of these executives and executive officers will be formally decided at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held i
IWATA, December 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective December 15, 2020
Personnel Changes in General Managers
(Name)
(New position)
(Current position)
KIMURA, Takashi
General Manager of Business Planning
Division, Robotics Business Unit,
Solution Business Operations
At Yamaha Motor’s manufacturing and production sites, we revel in the challenge to create ever more beautiful and higher quality products as well as relish the search for real improvements and greater advances. We value our workplace culture that blends tradition with innovation, and see that our hard-won skills and proven technologies are handed down to the next generation. Underpinning it
IWATA, November 13, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective November 15, 2020
Personnel Changes in Group Companies
(Name)
(New position)
(Current position)
KOBAYASHI,
Osamu
President of Yamaha Motor do Brasil
Ltda.,
and President of Yamaha Motor da
Amazon
IWATA, November 11, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary based in Silicon Valley in the United States, Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley Inc. (YMVSV), led the funding round for Canvass Analytics Inc. (Canvass) founded in 2016, headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Summary of YMVSV Official ReleaseYMVSV aims to conduct theme resea
IWATA, November 11, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announced today that it will introduce three new personnel systems in January 2021 as part of its initiatives to promote work-life balance: 1) A work-at-home system as a special measure for living with COVID-19; 2) a special “life support leave” system for taking leave from work on an hourly basis for injury and illness treatments, long-term car
IWATA, November 9，2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces that at theBoard of Directors meeting held today, the Company has made the decision to revise the forecast consolidated business results for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 as well as to revise the forecast year-end dividend.
1. Revised Forecast Consolidated Business Results for the Full Fiscal Year(January 1,
IWATA, November 9, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces its 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, 2020 were 1,067.1 billion yen (a decrease of 200.1 billion yen
or 15.8% compared with the same period of th
IWATA, October 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective October 15, 2020
1. Personnel Changes in General Managers
(Name)
(New position)
(Current position)
OHASHI,
Takeshi
General Manager of General Affairs
Division, Human Resources &
General Affairs Center
S
IWATA, October 8, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. (hereinafter “YMENV”), a subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) that sells products in Europe, began consultations with the European Works Council (EWC) concerning its intent to transfer all issued shares of Motori Minarelli S.P.A. (hereinafter “MM”), a YMENV group company manufacturing motorcycle engines in Italy, to Fantic Motor S.
IWATA, September 30, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that its electric personal mobility concept model TRITOWN has been given the title “Winner” in the Excellent Product Design category of the “German Design Award 2021.” This is the first time that TRITOWN has won a design award.
TRITOWN is a compact electric two-front-wheeled stand-up riding mobility style unit
IWATA, September 14, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel change, effective September 15, 2020
Personnel Changes in General Managers
(Name)
(New position)
(Current position)
MATSUMOTO,
Kazuyuki
General Manager of Production
Control Division, Manufacturing
Strategy Section, Manu
IWATA, August 26, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that Siam Yamaha Motor Robotics Co., Ltd. (SYMR), a joint-venture company in which subsidiary Thai Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is a part owner, will launch a pesticide spraying service in Thailand using Yamaha Motor’s FAZER R industrial unmanned helicopter, on August 2020.
SYMR will deploy the
FAZER R to deliver spr
IWATA, August 7, 2020 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel change, effective August 15, 2020
Personnel Changes in Group Companies
(Name)
(New position)
(Current position)
AJIMA,
Yuhichi
Managing Director of Yamaha Motor
Electronics India Private Limited
Yamaha Motor Electronics India
P
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