ASBESTOS UPDATE: Kubota Expends JPY1.155-Bil. for Asbestos Cases

Kubota Corporation’s recorded asbestos expenses totaled JPY1.155 billion for the year ended March 31, 2011, compared with JPY503 million for the year ended March 31, 2010, according to the Company’s annual report, on Form 20-F, filed with the Securities and…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Kubota Corp. Still Subject to 10 Exposure Cases

Kubota Corporation, since May 2007, has been subject to 10 asbestos-related lawsuits in Japan, which were filed against the Company or defendant party consisting of the Japanese Government and asbestos-related companies including the Company, according to the Company’s annual report,…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Kubota Continues to Finance Treatment & Research

Kubota Corporation will continuously cope with issues faithfully from the view point of Corporate Social Responsibility as one of manufacturers that once manufactured asbestos-containing products.

The Company has established “Relief Payment System for the Asbestos-Related Patients and the Family Members of…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: JPY1.15B Spent for Kubota Cases at March 31

Kubota Corporation, during the year ended March 31, 2009, expended JPY1.155 billion (US$11,786,000) for asbestos-related claims, according to the Company’s annual report, on Form 20-F, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2009.

Of the JPY1.155 billion (US$11,786,000),…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Kubota Cites JPY200M for Claims at March 31

Kubota Corporation, for the year ended March 31, 2009, donated JPY200 million as asbestos-related contributions, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2009.

Until 1995, the Company’s plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture,…