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Yamaha Corporation today announced that Yusuke “Scott” Sugino, president and CEO of Yamaha Music Innovations, LLC (YMI), and Andrew Kahn, YMI’s managing partner, have been named to Billboard’s 2026 Finance 50 list, the U.S. music-industry publication’s newly established designation recognizing finance leaders shaping the future of the music industry.

Yamaha Music Innovations (hereinafter called “YMI”), a U.S. subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation, has started a collaboration with POPS, Southeast Asia’s largest entertainment company based in Vietnam. POPS has over 400 million users on YouTube, social media, and apps, managing various content businesses that involve music, anime and influencers. By leveraging its main strength in connecting with the digital generation, the collaboration will use POPS’s strong digital infrastructure and network to carry out promotions in Indonesia and Vietnam, blending real-world experiences with digital amplification.

Yamaha Music Innovations, LLC (hereinafter referred to as “YMI”), Yamaha’s U.S. subsidiary, has started a collaboration with Groover, a platform that has helped connect about one million artists and creators with industry professionals worldwide. As the first part of this partnership, Yamaha Musical do Brasil Ltda., a sales subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation in Brazil, works with Groover to host the Yamaha x Groover Contest: Win Your New Music Production Studio, a music competition in Brazil.

Yamaha Music Innovations, LLC, Yamaha’s U.S. subsidiary, has partnered up with DataFalcon, Chartmetric, SimScale, and Rightsify to promote productivity improvements in existing businesses.

Yamaha Corporation (TOKYO: 7951) announces that Yamaha Music Innovations Fund I, LP (YMIF), a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund run by U.S. subsidiary Yamaha Music Innovations, LLC (led by President and CEO Yusuke “Scott” Sugino), will begin to invest out of a dedicated US$50 million fund in May 2025.

Yamaha Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Yamaha” or “the Company”)(TOKYO:7951) announces that it will incorporate its base (representative office) in January 2025, which was set up in Silicon Valley, U.S.A. in April 2024 to strengthen business development and enhance sustainable growth. In addition, the Company will form its own fund, Yamaha Music Innovations Fund, LP (tentative name), a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund, in the Silicon Valley area in 2025 for the purpose of investing in start-ups and other companies.

In cooperation with the Delhi Board of School Education, Yamaha Corporation (below, "Yamaha") introduced Japanese-style instrumental music education using recorders for grade V students at ten public primary schools in India in April. Programs using recorders and keyboards have been offered as extra-curriculum activities at private primary schools in India since 2017, but this is the first time a program will be offered as part of public primary school classes. The program offered by Yamaha not only includes technical recorder instruction, but also incorporates groupwork and discussion within classes to cultivate mutual understanding. Preceding the start of the classes, music teacher training is being conducted with an emphasis on using a holistic learning approach. Yamaha aims to expand the program to more schools in Delhi in the future. “Introduction of Japanese-style music education in primary education in India” was adopted by MEXT as a 2022 EDU-Port Japan*1 Supported Project.

Yamaha Corporation releases “CS-800” and “CS-500” video collaboration systems that enable on-demand video conferencing in a variety of workspaces with the latest in speaking tracking technology.

Yamaha today announced certification as Zoom Rooms ProAudio Certified Hardware for both ADECIA Ceiling Solution and ADECIA Tabletop Solution. ADECIA is a complete and customizable audio solution engineered to provide stellar audio quality in any conference room or classroom. Available immediately, both ADECIA solutions have met Zoom’s requirements for Zoom Rooms ProAudio Certified Hardware, providing clear, uninterrupted audio for remote and hybrid meetings or classes.

Yamaha continues to remove barriers for easily installed, clear, and high-quality Microsoft Teams meetings with the latest certification of its ADECIA Tabletop Solution. Part of the ADECIA family of complete, customizable conferencing solutions, the Tabletop Solution meets the medium sized room standards for natural, clear audio that defines the Teams experience.

Yamaha Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation Power & Mobility Co., Ltd., a Sumitomo Corporation Group company (hereafter referred to as “both companies” or “we”), have jointly demonstrated a new waste heat recovery system based on thermoelectric generator (hereafter referred to as “TEG”) technology, which generates electrical power via exhaust gas heat and was proved to reduce CO2 emissions during vehicle testing on a chassis dynamometer (hereafter referred to as “this demonstration test”).

Yamaha today has announced new Enterprise Sound Bar "ESB-1090". A successor model of Yamaha’s Enterprise Sound Bar, ESB-1080, the ESB-1090 solves common challenges in sound output to create a rich, premium sound experience. Each unit consists of two subwoofers, two middle range speakers and two tweeters to deliver optimized sound for collaboration or video playback.

Yamaha has added the new RM-TT wired tabletop array microphone as a microphone option to ADECIA, a complete family of easy-to-install products designed to work seamlessly together to provide complete and customizable communications solutions for meetings or learning spaces. The ADECIA tabletop solution, like the ADECIA Ceiling System, integrates the RM-CR remote conference processor, VXL1-16P Dante/PoE-compatible line array speaker, and SWR2311P-10G Yamaha’s long-trusted PoE network switch, providing comfortable and effortless remote conferencing experience.