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Toulouse Auto, Motorcycle, And Mobility Show

A Yamaha motorcycle in front of a poster depicting a mountain valley landscape. Toulouse Auto, Motorcycle, and Mobility Show. From November 7 to 11, 2025, the MEETT in Toulouse will host the Motor Show, the largest public event dedicated to mobility in Southwestern France. France Toulouse, November 6, 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Toulouse Auto, Motorcycle, And Mobility Show

A Yamaha motorcycle in front of a poster depicting a mountain valley landscape. Toulouse Auto, Motorcycle, and Mobility Show. From November 7 to 11, 2025, the MEETT in Toulouse will host the Motor Show, the largest public event dedicated to mobility in Southwestern France. France Toulouse, November 6, 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Toulouse Auto, Motorcycle, And Mobility Show

A Yamaha motorcycle in front of a poster depicting a mountain valley landscape. Toulouse Auto, Motorcycle, and Mobility Show. From November 7 to 11, 2025, the MEETT in Toulouse will host the Motor Show, the largest public event dedicated to mobility in Southwestern France. France Toulouse, November 6, 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Signs and logos

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Signs and logos (Photo taken at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2024) ＝Kanagawa, Japan, May 22, 2024.

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Yamaha Motor HQ inspected over improper vehicle testing

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry head to Yamaha Motor Co.'s headquarters in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, to conduct an inspection on June 5, 2024, after the motorcycle maker admitted to improperly obtaining vehicle quality certifications.

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Yamaha Motor HQ inspected over improper vehicle testing

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry head to Yamaha Motor Co.'s headquarters in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, to conduct an inspection on June 5, 2024, after the motorcycle maker admitted to improperly obtaining vehicle quality certifications.

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Yamaha Motor HQ inspected over improper vehicle testing

Officials from the Japanese transport ministry head to Yamaha Motor Co.'s headquarters in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, to conduct an inspection on June 5, 2024, after the motorcycle maker admitted to improperly obtaining vehicle quality certifications.

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Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. Conference

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. Conference. Yoshihiro Hidaka President and Chief Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co. =Date:March 22, 2024, Place: Tokyo

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Japanese motor bikes in China

Photo taken at a motorbike shop in Shanghai in August 2023 shows Yamaha bikes just before delivery to customers.

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Japanese company in Xiamen upbeat about China market

STORY: Japanese company in Xiamen upbeat about China market DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yamaha Motor Solutions 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHAO FUJUN, General manager of Yamaha Motor Solutions Co., Ltd. Xiamen STORYLINE: During the pandemic, Yamaha Motor Solutions Co., Ltd. Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province still managed to do several major investments in China. The Japanese company's general manager is confident about the Chinese market. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHAO FUJUN, General manager of Yamaha Motor Solutions Co., Ltd. Xiamen "During the epidemic, we made several investments for future development. Meanwhile, we developed many new software programs, such as PDM and PLM software in the field of digitalization, production management system and comprehensive quality management system in production digitalization, something like these. And these software programs have been adopted by many users, such as the automobile industry,

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Yamaha to release up-market scooter

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co.'s MAXAM CP250 scooter. Yamaha says the 250 cc bike features enhanced maneuverability for city riding and the entire body is paint coated to give the machine an expensive look. The scooter, which will be released Sept. 14, carries a 661,500 yen price tag.

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Self-driving car service in Japan

KAMIKOANI, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - A commercial self-driving vehicle service begins in Kamikoani in Akita Prefecture on Nov. 30, 2019. The electric vehicle developed by Yamaha Motor Co. transports up to five passengers on three different routes in the northeastern Japan village, linking a clinic, the local government hall and other public facilities on a daily basis.

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Self-driving car service in Japan

KAMIKOANI, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - A commercial self-driving vehicle service begins in Kamikoani in Akita Prefecture on Nov. 30, 2019. The electric vehicle developed by Yamaha Motor Co. transports up to five passengers on three different routes in the northeastern Japan village, linking a clinic, the local government hall and other public facilities on a daily basis.

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Self-driving car service in Japan

KAMIKOANI, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - A commercial self-driving vehicle service begins in Kamikoani in Akita Prefecture on Nov. 30, 2019. The electric vehicle developed by Yamaha Motor Co. transports up to five passengers on three different routes in the northeastern Japan village, linking a clinic, the local government hall and other public facilities on a daily basis.

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Self-driving car service in Japan

KAMIKOANI, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - A commercial self-driving vehicle service begins in Kamikoani in Akita Prefecture on Nov. 30, 2019. The electric vehicle developed by Yamaha Motor Co. transports up to five passengers on three different routes in the northeastern Japan village, linking a clinic, the local government hall and other public facilities on a daily basis.

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Set of parts aids wheelchair for kids with electricity

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. put on sale on Nov. 7, 2014, a set of parts, including 20-inch wheels, that assist a hand-operated wheelchair with electric power for use by children in addition to existing sets for larger wheelchairs.

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Yamaha raises yearly sales target of 3-wheel bike

NAGOYA, Japan - Yamaha motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi says in a media interview in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014, the company will revise upward its annual sales target of Tricity MW125, a three-wheel motorcycle to be launched in Japan on Sept. 10, from the initial plan of 7,000 units. Total orders received for the new model have already reached 5,000 units since the announcement of the release in July, according to Yanagi.

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Yamaha Motor unveils new three-wheeler

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co.'s "Tricity MW125," a new three-wheel motorcycle model, is shown at a press conference in Tokyo, on July 1, 2014. The product will be on sale from Sept. 10 in Japan.

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Yamaha Motor to enter automobile market

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi stands by its four-wheel, two-seater Motiv prototype vehicle unveiled on Nov. 20, 2013 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo's Koto Ward during the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened to the press the same day prior to opening to the public. Yamaha plans to enter the four-wheel vehicle market globally by 2020 to broaden its customer base by adding automobiles to its mainstay lineup of motorcycles, Yanagi said.

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Yamaha Motor to enter automobile market

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi stands by its four-wheel, two-seater Motiv prototype vehicle unveiled on Nov. 20, 2013 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo's Koto Ward during the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened to the press the same day prior to opening to the public. Yamaha plans to enter the four-wheel vehicle market globally by 2020 to broaden its customer base by adding automobiles to its mainstay lineup of motorcycles, Yanagi said.

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Yamaha Motor to enter automobile market

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yamaha Motor Co.'s four-wheel, two-seater Motiv prototype vehicle unveiled on Nov. 20, 2013 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo's Koto Ward during the Tokyo Motor Show, which opened to the press the same day prior to opening to the public. Yamaha plans to enter the four-wheel vehicle market globally by 2020 to broaden its customer base by adding automobiles to its mainstay lineup of motorcycles, the company's president said.

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Yamaha Motor President Yanagi

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. President Hiroyuki Yanagi is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2013.

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Yamaha to set up sales company in Myanmar

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. president Hiroyuki Yanagi speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 21, 2012. Yanagi said Yamaha Motor will soon set up a company in Myanmar to sell its motorbikes there.

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Japan falls to Tonga in Pacific Nations Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Jubilo fullback Ayumu Goromaru of Japan (back R) smiles after scoring a game-tying try two minutes into the second half of a rugby match against Tonga in the Pacific Nations Cup at Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground in Tokyo on June 10, 2012. Japan lost 24-20.

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Yamaha Motor to market electric scooter from September

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. will the ''Electric Commuter'' EC-03 scooter (photo) in Tokyo and its adjacent areas from September, with nationwide distribution starting the following month. Powered by Sanyo Electric Co. lithium-ion batteries, the eco-friendly scooter can travel for a maximum of about 43 kilometers on a single battery charge of roughly six hours.

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Yamaha Motor to recall 160,000 hybrid bicycles

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co.'s PAS pedal-motor hybrid bicycle. The company said July 7 that it will recall 160,542 PAS bicycles to fix crankshafts that could break if users apply too much force on the pedals.

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China's top court rules for Yamaha in trademark lawsuit

BEIJING, China - Displayed at a Beijing hotel on June 12 are scooters carrying a ''Japan Yamaha'' tag. China's supreme court has ordered four Chinese companies to pay a total of 8.3 million yuan (about $1 million) in damages to Yamaha Motor Co. for selling scooters carrying the Yamaha brand name.

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Yamaha to sell part of stake in Yamaha Motor to Mitsui, others

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Ito (L), president of Japanese musical instrument maker Yamaha Corp., and Takashi Kajikawa (R), president of its affiliated motorcycle maker Yamaha Motor Co., meet the press in Tokyo on May 21 to announce their decision that Yamaha will sell a 7.8 percent Yamaha Motor stake, while Yamaha Motor will buy Yamaha stock equal to up to 5 percent of its outstanding shares.

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3 Yamaha Motor employees held over chopper export to China

IWATA, Japan - Takashi Kajikawa (front), president of Yamaha Motor Co., bows in apology during a press conference Feb. 23 at the company's head office in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, after one executive and two other employees were arrested on suspicion of attempting to export without authorization an unmanned helicopter to China that could be converted to military use.

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Yamaha Motor execs face arrest over chopper export to China

NAGOYA, Japan - The head office of Yamaha Motor Co. in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture. Three Yamaha officials face arrest on Feb. 23 on suspicion of attempting to export without authorization an unmanned helicopter to China that authorities say can be converted for military use.

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Yamaha develops motorcycle exterior light emission technology

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. said April 19 it has developed a motorcycle exterior decor technology involving a special surface film that stores energy from the sun's rays and emits it in the form of dim light after dusk (L side). The technology also enables the exterior to give a more vividly stereoscopic impression of the three-dimensional shape of any surface treated with the film (R side).

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Yamaha Motor raided over unauthorized export of chopper to China

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Jan. 23 shows the head office of BVE Technology Co., a Beijing-based aerial photography company which attempted to import an unmanned helicopter from Japan's Yamaha Motor Co. Japanese police suspect that the Beijing company has links with the People's Liberation Army.

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Police raid Yamaha Motor over chopper export to China

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Investigators approach Yamaha Motor Co.'s headquarters in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 23 to search the offices on suspicion that the company illegally exported an unmanned helicopter to China.

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Police raid Yamaha Motor over chopper export to China

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Toyoo Otsubo (L), a Yamaha Motor Co. executive, speaks during a news conference at the company's head office in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 23 after police raided the headquarters and other places to search for evidence on suspicion that the company illegally exported an unmanned helicopter to China.

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Police raid Yamaha Motor over chopper export to China

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co.'s headquarters (in photo) in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, and other places were raided by police on Jan. 23 to search for evidence on suspicion that the company illegally exported an unmanned helicopter to China.

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Yamaha Motor to introduce 2-seat scooter in April

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. will start selling the two-seat scooter Maxam CP250 (photo) from April 1 in line with the planned lifting of a ban on riding double on highways. The Maxam CP250 has an engine displacement of 250 cc and a low-slung body to ensure stability. It will sell for 630,000 yen.

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Yamaha Motor eyes record motorcycle shipments in 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. President Toru Hasegawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7. He revealed an aggressive business expansion plan for 2004, targeting annual motorcycle shipments of more than 3 million for the first time ever.

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Yamaha aims to develop world's 1st gas-electric hybrid bike

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a prototype of the Hybrid Commuter, which Yamaha Motor Co. hopes will be the world's first gas-electric hybrid bike. The Hybrid Commuter, with a bicycle-like frame, achieves a mileage of 250 kilometers per liter (kpl), much higher than that of motorcycles, Yamaha says.

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Japan, China to jointly clamp down on handoff motorbikes

BEIJING, China - Yamaha Motor Co. Chairman Takehiko Hasegawa speaks at a news conference in Beijing on Feb. 27. He said Japanese and Chinese automobile industry associations have agreed to set up a dispute-settlement panel to clamp down on the production in China of knockoffs of Japanese motorcycles.

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Yamaha Motor logo

Keywords: Yamaha Motor, Yamaha, YAMAHA, motorcycle manufacturer, motorcycle, motorcycles, sign, logo, logo mark = January 21, 2019 in Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Yamaha Motor logo

Keywords: Yamaha Motor, Yamaha, YAMAHA, motorcycle manufacturer, motorcycle, motorcycles, sign, logo, logo mark = January 21, 2019 in Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Yamaha Motor logo

Keywords: Yamaha Motor, Yamaha, YAMAHA, motorcycle manufacturer, motorcycle, motorcycles, sign, logo, logo mark = January 21, 2019 in Omiya-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Pioneer and other companies will proceed with demonstration tests of automated driving services

Pioneer, Michinori Holdings (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo), and Ibaraki Kotsu (Mito City) will conduct a demonstration experiment of an automated driving service using the 3D-LiDAR (LIDAR) laser scanner sensor on public roads in Hitachiota City, Ibaraki Prefecture until March 21. The experiment will verify that a self-driving bus equipped with the LIDAR sensor can detect people standing on the route and safely board the bus. The sensor will be installed in an automated vehicle provided by Yamaha Motor, which will run a section of approximately 1.8 kilometers. The effectiveness of the LIDAR sensor, which is capable of detecting objects in three dimensions with high resolution, will be verified, and this will lead to the sorting out and resolution of issues for the social implementation of self-driving buses.Image taken on June 22, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images, license plate has been modified.

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Yamaha Motor logo

Yamaha Motor, Yamaha, YAMAHA, motorcycle, motorcycle manufacturer, motorcycle, outboard motor, company, logo, logo mark = February 12, 2019, Yamaha Motor main financial results briefing, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Yamaha Motor logo

Yamaha Motor, Yamaha, YAMAHA, motorcycle, motorcycle manufacturer, motorcycle, outboard motor, company, logo, logo mark = February 12, 2019, Yamaha Motor main financial results briefing, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Yamaha Motor logo

Yamaha Motor, Yamaha, YAMAHA, motorcycle, motorcycle manufacturer, motorcycle, outboard motor, company, logo, logo mark = February 12, 2019, Yamaha Motor main financial results briefing, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Yamaha Motor to introduce 2-seat scooter in April

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Motor Co. will start selling the two-seat scooter Maxam CP250 (photo) from April 1 in line with the planned lifting of a ban on riding double on highways. The Maxam CP250 has an engine displacement of 250 cc and a low-slung body to ensure stability. It will sell for 630,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Yamaha Motor raided over unauthorized export of chopper to China

IWATA, Japan - A handout photo shows an RMAX L181 unmanned helicopter which Yamaha Motor Co., based in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, attempted to export to Beijing BVE Technology Co. without official authorization. Police raided Yamaha Motor Co.'s headquarters and about 20 other locations on Jan. 23. (Kyodo)

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Yamaha Motor raided over unauthorized export of chopper to China

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Jan. 23 shows the head office of BVE Technology Co., a Beijing-based aerial photography company which attempted to import an unmanned helicopter from Japan's Yamaha Motor Co. Japanese police suspect that the Beijing company has links with the People's Liberation Army. (Kyodo)

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Police raid Yamaha Motor over chopper export to China

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Investigators approach Yamaha Motor Co.'s headquarters in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 23 to search the offices on suspicion that the company illegally exported an unmanned helicopter to China. (Kyodo)