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Kenichi Kuroyama to Compete on TY-E 2.0 at Round 5 of FIM Trial World Championship in Trial2 Class

Kenichi Kuroyama to Compete on TY-E 2.0 at Round 5 of FIM Trial World Championship in Trial2 Class

August 19, 2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. will compete in Round 5 of the 2022 FIM Trial World Championship in France on Sunday, August 28, with Yamaha Factory Racing Team rider Kenichi Kuroyama, who will ride the TY-E 2.0 electric trials bike in the Trial2 class.
The goal of Yamaha’s “Environmental Plan 2050” is to aim for carbon neutrality throughout all of its business activities—including acr

Revision of Forecast Consolidated Business Results for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2022

IWATA, August 5,2022 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) hereby announces that at the Board of Directors meeting held today, the Company has decided to revise the forecast announced on February 10, 2022 for its consolidated business results for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
 
1) Revisions to Consolidated Business Results Forecast
(January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2

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 p

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,

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

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 A

Reference: Yamaha Motor SS Feeder (left) and an electronic component set (right)

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 goa

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

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 nati

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

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Yamaha Motor (TOKYO:7272) is a world-leading producer of motorcycles, marine products, power products and robotics.

Yamaha Motor (TOKYO: 7272) is a world-leading enterprise manufacturing land-mobility such as motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and electrically power assisted bicycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, robotics products such as surface mounters and drones, as well as engagement in the finance business. The company's diverse businesses and wide variety of products are built around its proprietary technologies focused on powertrain, chassis and hull, electronic control, and manufacturing technologies. Yamaha Motor operates global development, production and sales networks through 140 subsidiaries and equity-method affiliates in 30 countries and regions, working to realize our Corporate Mission of being s "Kando* Creating Company."
About 90% of consolidated net sales are generated in more than 180 countries and regions outside of Japan.
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