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  • Yamaha and Quartararo Renew Contract for 2023 - 2024

    June 3, 2022 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is delighted to announce that Fabio Quartararo will stay with the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team for a further two years.
    It is with great pleasure that Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. confirm Fabio Quartararo as a Factory Yamaha rider for the 2023 and 2024 MotoGP season.
    Quartararo has shown great skills, comradery, and consistency so far in his two years wit

  • Notice Regarding the Status (Progress Report) of the Acquisition of Own Shares (Acquisition of own shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 165 (2), of the Companies Act)

    IWATA, June 1, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272.hereinafter, the Company) announces the status of the acquisition of its own shares based on Article 156 of the Company Law, which is applicable in accordance with Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the same law as follows.
    1. Type of shares acquired: Common shares
    2. Number of shares acquired: 3,444,500 shares
    3. Total value of shares ac

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, May 31, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective June 1, 2022
     
    Changes in duties of General Managers
    (Name) (New Position) (Current Position) HAYASHI,
    Yosuke General Manager of Planning &
    Strategy Division, Customer
    Experience Business Unit Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.  
    Main businesses of the group companies ref

  • Field-Born: A Series of Short SDG Documentaries from Yamaha Motor Yamaha Motor Newsletter(May 25, 2022 No. 99)

    Yamaha Motor is undertaking a variety of activities aimed at addressing important societal issues that encompass the environment, natural resources, transportation, and industry, all with approaches unique to the company.
    “Field-Born” is a series of short documentary videos that trains the camera on the passionate people working to resolve these societal issues as they go into the field, search

  • Consolidated Business Results Summary - First Three Months of Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2022 -

    Consolidated Business Results
    IWATA, May 13, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces its consolidated business results for the first three months of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
    Net sales for the period were 481.7 billion yen (an increase of 37.6 billion yen or 8.5% compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year) and operating income was 40.1 billion yen

  • Christian Craig Wins Personal First and Yamaha’s 5th Consecutive Title on YZ250F

    May 10, 2022—On Saturday, May 7, 2022, Round 10 of the 250SX West Supercross Championship (East West Showdown) was held alongside Round 17 of the AMA 450SX Supercross Championship in Salt Lake City. There, the Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing 250 Team's Christian Craig rode his YZ250F to an 8th place finish, which was enough to win the 2022 250SX West title. The feat brought Yamaha its fifth cons

  • Tomac Clinches 450 Supercross Championship in Denver

    May 10, 2022—At Round 16 of the AMA Supercross Championship held in Denver on Saturday, April 30, 2022, Eli Tomac, riding for the Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing 450 Team on a YZ450F, took a 5th place finish, clinching the 2022 AMA Supercross title. It was his second time to lift the crown, following a previous win in 2022.
    This is Yamaha’s first title in the 450 class in 13 years, since Jame

  • Notice Regarding the Status (Progress Report) of the Acquisition of Own Shares (Acquisition of own shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 165 (2), of the Companies Act)

    IWATA, May 9, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272.hereinafter, the Company) announces the status of the acquisition of its own shares based on Article 156 of the Company Law, which is applicable in accordance with Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the same law as follows.
    1. Type of shares acquired: Common shares
    2. Number of shares acquired: 3,048,700 shares
    3. Total value of shares acq

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, April 28, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective May 1, 2022
    Changes in duties of General Managers
    (Name) (New Position) (Current Position) MURAKAMI,
    Takeshi General Manager of Power Train
    Engineering Division, Manufacturing Engineering Section, Manufacturing Center Senior Manager of Power Train
    Engineering Division, Manufactu

  • Seeking to Deliver Fun that Surpasses What Internal Combustion Engines Can Provide Yamaha Motor Newsletter(Apr. 25, 2022 No. 98)

    Yamaha Motor has developed the TY-E 2.0 electric trials bike which approaches achieving carbon neutrality by proposing the new value of EV-powered motorcycling fun. For this issue, we sat down with the project leader directing the development of this updated TY-E and asked about the project’s background and goals, the bike’s key features, and more.
    Also, the TY-E 2.0 is scheduled to participate

  • Yamaha Motor Receives Globally Renowned iF Design Award - Two motorcycle models won double awards following the Red Dot Award -

    IWATA, April 21, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that the company's motorcycles YZF-R7 and MT-09 have received the world-famous iF Design Award. These honors mark the 9th year in a row and these two products won awards followed by the Red Dot Award.
    The YZF-R7 was developed as a middle-weight super sport model from the YZF-R series. Based on the 689cm3 CP2 engine and

  • Yamaha Motor Starts Trial Introduction of eve auto EV-Based Automated Transport Service - Providing automated transport at Prime Polymer’s Anesaki Works factory -

    IWATA, April 18, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is pleased to announce today that the eve auto automated transport service provided by group company eve autonomy, Inc. has been introduced on a trial basis at the Anesaki Works plant of Prime Polymer Co.,Ltd. (headquartered Tokyo’s Minato Ward). This is the first case of a full-scale trial introduction of an eve auto operation outside o

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