New Website Section Highlights "Yamaha Cares"

BUENA PARK, CA (August 20, 2004) — Yamaha Cares, the employee-based charitable program of Yamaha Corporation of America, now has its own Website section on www.yamaha.com. The Yamaha Cares site, accessible by clicking on the Yamaha home page's "Corporate Information" link or by directly visiting www.yamahacares.com, contains information about the program's mission, news about its recent activities and an online form to submit requests for assistance.

"Yamaha Cares is all about public outreach, so it makes sense for it to have a clear, easy-to-find presence on the web," says Carol Baker, Yamaha Corporation of America Vice President of Human Resources, who oversees the program. "As our efforts grow, we expect this site to be an important part of what we do."

Organized by Baker and Christina Holthe, Yamaha Human Resources Representative, Yamaha Cares uses charitable donations, product donations and hands-on help to promote education, arts, health and human services and community development in the areas where Yamaha employees live and work, and to spread the gift of music to people throughout America.

Recent Yamaha Cares initiatives have included providing a Disklavier grand piano to a young woman in Cobden, IL in cooperation with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro St. Louis; sponsorship of Alissa's Angels, a mini-golf event to benefit the Children's Hospital of Orange County (CA); and corporate sponsorship of the Special Olympics Southern California Games. Yamaha Cares has also granted scholarships to young musical artists at several schools including The Juilliard School of Music, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Fullerton, Cerritos College and the Cerritos Performing Arts Center.

To learn more about Yamaha Cares, write Yamaha Corporation of America at P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622-6600; or telephone (714) 522-9011.