"Yamaha Motor" held a press conference in Tokyo on 30th and announced that it will establish a new development base for advanced technology near Shin-Yokohama Station next month.

At this base, we are promoting the development and research of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and data analysis for the advancement of industrial robots and establishment of automatic driving technology.

Yamaha Motor, which is headquartered in Shizuoka prefecture, is the first time to establish domestic technology development bases outside Shizuoka Prefecture, this time it will be established in Yokohama City to secure competent IT human resources It is said that it is in order to establish it.

Regarding the acquisition of talent in the advanced technology field, Toyota Motor Corporation has established a new company that will develop automatic driving technology in March this year in Tokyo, not in Aichi Prefecture where its head office is located.

Kosuke Hirano of Yamaha Motor Engineering Advanced Technology Division Kosuke Hirano "Fellow does not have digital technology, it will become a world where the product itself will not be established.If 60% of Japanese IT human resources are said to be in Kanto area, It will be more advantageous to acquire talented people by having offices here. "