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  • Yamaha Motor & Sony to Commence Services of jointly developed Entertainment Vehicles　- Autonomous Drive Technology Integrated with Mixed Reality Imaging Delivers New Low-Speed Mobility Experience -

    IWATA, October 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that the company will commence services from November 1, 2019 using the SC-1 entertainment vehicle - Sociable Cart jointly developed with the Sony Corporation. The first services will start at the Kanucha Bay Resort (Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture) and at the Southeast Botanical Gardens (Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefectur

  • New Skies for Yamaha’s Unmanned Helicopters　Yamaha Motor Newsletter (October 11, 2019 No. 75)

    Since around 2015, the commercial drone business has grown rapidly on a global scale and is expected to further expand going forward. Today, remotely operated or autopilot-equipped Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) fitted with cameras or surveying devices are used for aerial photography and filming, observation and measurement of landforms and construction sites, and for transporting packages.

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, October 11, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective October 15, 2019.
     
    1.　Changes in group companies
    Name New Position Current Position Shinji　Takeda Vice Chairman of Yamaha Motor Taiwan Co., Ltd. Yamaha Motor Taiwan Co., Ltd. Main businesses of the group comp

  • The Yamaha Motor Booth at the 46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019　“There Is Greater Joy Yet to Come”

    IWATA, October 10, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) will participate in the 46th Tokyo Motor Show 2019 (Organizer: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.) to be held at the Tokyo Big Sight from October 24 (Thu.) to November 4 (Mon.). Located in the venue’s West Hall 2, the theme of the Yamaha Motor booth will be “There Is Greater Joy Yet to Come - ART for Human Possibilitie

  • "Sharing Dreams" Release of a new documentary movie

    We are pleased to announce release of a new documentary movie, “Sharing Dreams.” on our corporate website.
    >See the movie
    The scene for this movie, the 15th in the series, is Australia.
    Children’s dreams know no bounds. Their genuine aspiration becomes what drives them as they grow and mature under the watchful and caring eyes of their parents.
    Zane Burchell has his eyes fixed on o

  • Peerapong Boonlert Wins Career-First ARRC SS600 Title

    September 23, 2019—The penultimate round of the 2019 season of the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) took place from September 19 to 22 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, where Peerapong Boonlert of the Yamaha Thailand Racing Team rode his YZF-R6 to 3rd place in Race 1 of the SuperSports600 (SS600) class, giving him his 11th podium finish of the season—including 7 race wins—to

  • Yusuke Watanabe to Enter Final Two All Japan Motocross Championship Rounds

    September 17, 2019 ― Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce that Yusuke Watanabe, who contested his second season in the AMA 250cc Motocross Championship in the United States this year, will race in the All Japan Motocross Championship for the CycleTrader/Rock River/Yamaha team aboard a YZ250F in the IA2 class at Round 7 (October 12–13) in Kumamoto Prefecture and Round 8 (October 26–27), t

  • Yamaha Motor Holds Evaluation Trial of Industrial-Use Unmanned Helicopters in Kenya

    IWATA, September 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will begin an evaluation trial in cooperation with Kenyan industrial drone service company Astral Aerial Solutions from December 2019 aimed at strengthening its African business and making a contribution to Africa through its industrial-use unmanned helicopters.
    This trial is based on the agreement rega

  • Yamaha Motor Begins Evaluation Trial of Green Slow Mobility Rental Cars on Teshima Island　- Contributing to Easier Travel around the “Setouchi Triennale 2019 Fall Expansions” Host Area -

    IWATA, September 13, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will begin an evaluation trial of rental car operations using Green Slow Mobility (GSM)* in partnership with Mitsui & Co. and local rental car business KarenSTYLE. To be run during the “Setouchi Triennale 2019 Fall Expansions” held on Teshima Island (Tonoshō-chō, Kagawa-ken, Japan) from September 28, thi

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, September 13, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective September 15, 2019.
     
    1.　Change in duties of Executive Chief General Managers and Senior General Managers
    Name New Position Current Position Minoru Iida Senior General Manager of Research & Development Section, Adva

  • Yamaha to Provide Technical Support for Yamaha Sepang Racing Team at Inaugural 8 Hours of Sepang

    September 11, 2019—The first-ever 8 Hours of Sepang is set to be held on December 14, 2019 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia as Round 2 of the 2019-2020 Endurance World Championship (EWC). Competing in the eight-hour endurance event aboard the YZF-R1 and sporting Yamaha’s iconic #21 will be the Yamaha Sepang Racing Team, fielding MotoGP riders Franco Morbidelli and Hafizh Syahrin

  • Yamaha Motor Launches YK400XE SCARA Robot　- Delivers Increased Payload and Decreased Cycle Time but Maintains Similar Price -

    IWATA, September 6, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will launch the new YK400XE model 400mm arm length SCARA (horizontal articulated) robot from September 17, 2019.
    Despite its low price, the YK400XE is the successor model to the high-precision and high-functionality YK400XR. Thanks to improved rigidity via strengthening of the drive system and arm as

  • Our Mission on the African Continent　Yamaha Motor Newsletter (August 30, 2019 No. 74)

    In late August, the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was held in Japan. Nearly 50 years ago, Yamaha Motor saw the potential of African markets and has been working diligently at the grassroots level to develop businesses there ever since. Going forward, Yamaha will formulate new business strategies for a wide range of product categories in accordance with our mi

  • Yamaha Motor Industrial-Use Unmanned Helicopters: Forestry Survey Evaluation Trial

    IWATA, August 23, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it will conduct an evaluation trial of forestry situation measurement within Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan on August 27, 2019. The trial will be run in collaboration with the City of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture Agriculture and Forestry Technology Research Institute’s Forest Industry Research Center, the Nati

  • Yamaha Motor Partners with Sony to Develop SC-1 Sociable Cart　- Delivering New Low-Speed Mobility Experience Value -

    IWATA, August 21, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it has developed the SC-1 Sociable Cart, a vehicle that delivers a new low-speed mobility experience, jointly with Sony Corporation. The SC-1 brings together a fusion of Yamaha Motor’s autonomous driving technology and Sony's entertainment imaging technology. The two companies plan to launch Japanese domestic serv

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    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

  • Racers from Southeast Asia and North America Selected for 8th Edition of VR46 Master Camp

    August 9, 2019—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce that the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp, a training programme to develop young riding talent run in cooperation with Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy, will be held in Italy over the five days of September 4 to 8. The programme will build on the participating riders’ experience to up their skills, knowled

  • Yamaha Motor Reveals Rise in Consolidated Sales　- Strong growth in marine and financial services segments -

    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

  • Yamaha Motor: Notifications regarding the Revision of Forecast Consolidated Business Results for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2019

    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

  • Yamaha Factory Racing Team Finish 2nd in Thrilling 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours

    July 30, 2019―At the 42nd “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours, Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark of the Yamaha Factory Racing Team took the #21 YZF-R1 to 2nd place, securing the fifth consecutive podium finish at Suzuka for Yamaha since the return of the factory team in 2015.
    With 2019 marking the 21st year since the YZF-R1 was launched, the Yamaha Factory Racing Team entered

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