Tokyo—The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced that it began showing English corporate web pages from Monday, September 9th at URL: http://www.yrc.co.jp/english/. The pages can also be accessed from the company's Japanese home page: http://www.yrc.co.jp.

The English web pages include "Corporate Profile" that gives an outline of the company; "Business Lineup" that explains its commercial operations; "R&D" that introduces its test courses and research facilities; "Factories & Plants" that outlines its production facilities and factories; "Global Network" that is a map showing the location of its subsidiaries, distributors and affiliated companies in the world; and "Motor Sports" that highlights Yokohama's supportive activities to various races.

In "Business Lineup", the main section of the English web pages, the company's three major businesses-Tires, MB and Sports-are explained in detail. The tire business pages contain business information on passenger car tires, truck and bus tires and off-road tires, while the MB pages give information related to multiple businesses including industrial products, HAMATITE products (sealing materials and adhesives), hose products and aerospace products. Yokohama Rubber also plans to provide investor information and the latest news through the English web pages.