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'''Yamaha Motor Company Limited''' (ヤマハ発動機株式会社) | '''Yamaha Motor Company Limited''' (ヤマハ発動機株式会社), a [[Japan]]ese motorized vehicle-producing company, was initially part of the [[Yamaha Corporation]]. After expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest [[piano]] maker, then Yamaha [[CEO]] [[Genichi Kawakami]] took Yamaha into the field of motorized vehicles on July 1, [[1955]]. Yamaha Motor is the world's second largest producer of [[motorcycle]]s. It also produces many other motorized vehicles such as [[all-terrain vehicle]]s, [[boat]]s, [[snowmobile]]s, [[outboard motors]], and [[personal watercraft]]. | ||
In [[2000]], [[Toyota]] and [[Yamaha Corporation]] made a capital alliance where Toyota paid Yamaha Corporation 10.5 billion yen for a 5 per cent share in Yamaha Motor Company while Yamaha and Yamaha Motor each bought 500,000 shares of Toyota stock in return. | In [[2000]], [[Toyota]] and [[Yamaha Corporation]] made a capital alliance where Toyota paid Yamaha Corporation 10.5 billion yen for a 5 per cent share in Yamaha Motor Company while Yamaha and Yamaha Motor each bought 500,000 shares of Toyota stock in return. | ||