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

    Consolidated Business Results
    IWATA, August 5, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces its consolidated business results for the first half of fiscal 2022.Net sales for the consolidated accounting period for the first six months of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 were 1,068.9 billion yen (an increase of 148.9 billion yen or 16.2% compared with the same period of the previ

  • Andrea Dovizioso To Retire from MotoGP after 2022 San Marino GP

    August 5, 2022—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. confirm MotoGP star Andrea Dovizioso’s decision to retire from his 20-year Grand Prix racing career at the 2022 Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini, exactly one year after joining Yamaha’s MotoGP program.
    Dovizioso and Yamaha have maintained a warm relationship since he completed a successful season with the Tech3 Yamaha satellite team in 20

  • Announcement of Personnel Changes

    IWATA, July 29, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective August 1, 2022
     
    1. Changes in duties of Fellow
    (Name) (New Position) (Current Position) KODOU,Satoshi Fellow,IT Center in charge of management foundation reform ―  
    2. Changes in duties of Executive General Manager
    (Name) (New Position) (Current Position) IMAI,Kumiko Executiv

  • Yamaha Motor’s Industrial-Use Unmanned Helicopters at Work in Australia’s Skies Yamaha Motor Newsletter(July 25, 2022 No. 101)

    Various parts of Australia are facing damage to local biodiversity and agriculture due to invasive ants introduced from overseas, and Norfolk Island, a small but beautiful island located in the South Pacific Ocean, is one of these places.
    Argentine ant colonies throughout the island are not only threatening its endemic ecosystems but also raising concerns about health hazards. This is what led

  • Yamaha Motor Invests Further in Autonomous Driving Technology Developer TIER IV - Further Driving the Automated Transport Solutions Business -

    IWATA, July 19, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is proud to announce that it has made an additional investment in TIER IV Inc., with the aim of establishing autonomous driving technology as well as promoting its commercialization, including its automated transport solutions business for factory grounds.This is Yamaha Motor’s third investment in the company following those made in Augus

  • Blocking the sale of counterfeit products in China - Working toward stopping fraudulent sales of surface mounter feeders -

    IWATA, July 19, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that in response to its intellectual property infringement lawsuit based on computer software copyrights and patent rights in order to prevent the spread of counterfeit products in China, the defendants, Shenzhen Dongshun Trade Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Dongshun Electronics Co., Ltd., and the legal representative of Shenzhen Dong

  • New Organizational Reforms and Personnel Changes at Yamaha Motor

    IWATA, June 30, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following organizational reforms and personnel changes, effective July 1, 2022
     
    ■Organizational Reforms (effective July 1, 2022)
    1. Human Resources & General Affairs Center
    Human Resources & General Affairs Division will be reorganized in order to improve its ability to promote the achievement of the goals of the mid-

  • Yamaha Motor Expediting Carbon Neutrality Goal for Company Factories to 2035 - Carbon-free electricity accelerating progress toward a decarbonized society -

    IWATA, June 28, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is pleased to announce that the Company is accelerating its carbon neutrality goal for its factories—including those overseas—to 2035. This represents a 15-year jump as the original target year to achieve carbon neutrality in the revised Yamaha Motor Group Environmental Plan 2050 announced in July 2021 was 2050.To achieve this new goal, t

  • Four Types of Kando Found Under Japan’s Blue Skies Yamaha Motor Newsletter(June 27, 2022 No. 100)

    Yamaha Motor’s Parent-Child Motorcycle Class has been held unabated in Japan since the late-1980s and is aimed at giving young children their first experience of riding a motorcycle.Under the guidance of experienced instructors, the class teaches children—and their parents—basic motorcycle operation and traffic safety knowledge using the PW50 model for kids. The class is held in locations nationwi

  • Yamaha Motor Establishes Sustainability Investment Fund - Accelerating efforts to address environmental issues -

    IWATA, June 21, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is pleased to announce today that it has established the Yamaha Motor Sustainability Fund for investing in companies working to address problems concerning the environment. This is a new initiative that enables carbon offsetting in addition to reducing the CO₂ levels and environmental footprint of our existing businesses. The fund has a t

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

    IWATA, June 16, 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. The Company also announces that it has completed the acquisition of its own shares, as resolved at the Board of Directors me

  • 11th Yamaha VR46 Master Camp is a Go Next Week

    June 7, 2022—The Yamaha VR46 Master Camp training programme is back for the eleventh edition of its training programme, staged at Valentino Rossi‘s VR46 Motor Ranch and other VR46 Rider Academy training locations from 6 - 11 June 2022.
    The five selected talented riders are all currently competing in the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship. The new Master Camp students include Passkon Sanluang (ag

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