OMRON Develops World's First Onboard Sensor Featuring Cutting-... - 08 June 2016 18:00

KYOTO, Japan, June 8, 2016 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645) announced on June 6 the development of the world's first onboard sensor featuring "driver concentration-sensing technology," which combines OMRON's proprietary image-sensing technology with state-of-the-art AI (time-s...

  Yamaha Motor Advances into African Market - 16 May 2016 16:00

LAGOS, Nigeria and IWATA, Japan, May 16, 2016 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- - First Motorcycle Assembly Plant in Nigeria Marks Second Foray into African Continent - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that CFAO Yamaha Motor Nigeria Ltd., a joint venture between Yamaha Motor and CFAO S.A., opened its fi...

  Toyota Vitz Brand Movie "#Humanness" Released on Toyota's Offi... - 08 July 2015 15:00

TOKYO, July 8 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- - Package Based on Idea of "Newest Safety Technology for Compact Car Driven by All Types of People" - The Toyota Vitz brand movie #Humanness, which illustrates in video the concept of safety based on the idea of "the newest (*1) safety technolo...

  Season 2 of Yamaha Motor's Original Short Anime "Master of Tor... - 08 April 2015 15:00

IWATA, Japan, Apr. 8 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has globally released the second season of "Master of Torque," an original short anime series for entertainment purposes initially released online from the spring through the summer of 2014. The Master of T...

  Honda Holds Press Conference, Prior to 2015 Season of FIA Form... - 10 February 2015 22:18

TOKYO, Feb. 10 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. held on February 10 a press conference in the run-up to the Australian Grand Prix of the FIA* Formula One World Championship (F1), which will take place in one month's time (begins March 13-15, 2015). McLaren-Honda drivers...

  9th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest "Start Your Imagination": Ope... - 09 February 2015 20:00

TOKYO, Feb. 9 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is making a call for entries in the 9th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. (Images from the global campaign video: http://www.image.net/startyourimagination ) Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing Corporation (TMSM) worke...

  Toyota Hybrid Technology Takes World Endurance Championship - ... - 01 December 2014 17:58

TOKYO, Dec. 1 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- Toyota Racing won both the Manufacturers and the Drivers categories of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), a series of eight endurance races, including the renowned Le Mans 24 Hours event, held on international road racing circuits. ...

  Yamaha Motor Unveils Two New YZF-R1 Supersport Models at EICMA - 04 November 2014 16:00

IWATA, Japan, Nov. 4 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- - YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M Share Lineage with MotoGP Machines - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced on November 4 that it unveiled its new flagship YZF-R1 and high-end YZF-R1M supersport motorbikes, both featuring an entirely new 9...