CES tech show in Las Vegas

CES tech show in Las Vegas

Japanese agricultural machinery manufacturer Kubota Corp.'s autonomous M5 Narrow tractor is on display at the annual CES technology show in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2026.

Canada: Tractor Drives Through Crowd at Pro-Palestine Rally in Toronto

Pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto on Tuesday night, November 18. During the rally, a Kubota tractor drove through the crowd.

Kubota President's Succession Press Conference

Kubota President's Succession Press Conference

Kubota President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from right: Shingo Hanada, Representative Director and Vice President, scheduled to become the next Representative Director, President and CEO; Yuichi Kitao, Representative Director and President, scheduled to become the next Representative Director and Chairman.=October 22,2025,Tokyo

Kubota President's Succession Press Conference

Kubota President's Succession Press Conference

Kubota President Transition Press Conference. photo shows Shingo Hanada, Representative Director and Vice President, who is scheduled to assume the position of President and CEO.=October 22,2025,Tokyo

Kubota President's Succession Press Conference

Kubota President's Succession Press Conference

Kubota President Transition Press Conference. photo shows, from right: Shingo Hanada, Representative Director and Vice President, scheduled to become the next Representative Director, President and CEO; Yuichi Kitao, Representative Director and President, scheduled to become the next Representative Director and Chairman.=October 22,2025,Tokyo

Self-driving, hydrogen-powered tractor at Osaka expo

Self-driving, hydrogen-powered tractor at Osaka expo

Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025, shows a prototype of a self-driving tractor powered by a hydrogen fuel cell on display at the World Exposition in Osaka. The seatless tractor, developed by Japanese farm equipment maker Kubota Corp., will be either self-driven or remotely operated if commercialized.

Self-driving, hydrogen-powered tractor at Osaka expo

Self-driving, hydrogen-powered tractor at Osaka expo

Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025, shows a prototype of a self-driving tractor powered by a hydrogen fuel cell on display at the World Exposition in Osaka. The seatless tractor, developed by Japanese farm equipment maker Kubota Corp., will be either self-driven or remotely operated if commercialized.

Kubota exterior, logo, and signboard

Kubota exterior, logo, and signboard

Kubota exterior, logo, and signboard=August 25,2025,Hyogo

2017 M-1 Grand Prix manzai contest winners

2017 M-1 Grand Prix manzai contest winners

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Japanese "manzai" comedian duo Toro Salmon -- Hideaki Murata (L) and Kazunobu Kubota -- pose at the TV Asahi studios in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2017, after winning the 2017 M-1 Grand Prix contest. (Kyodo)

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Brave Lupus Tokyo captain Michael Leitch is tossed in the air by teammates after they defeated the Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One final at Tokyo's National Stadium on June 1, 2025.

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Brave Lupus Tokyo players celebrate after defeating the Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One final at Tokyo's National Stadium on June 1, 2025.

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Brave Lupus Tokyo players celebrate after defeating the Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One final at Tokyo's National Stadium on June 1, 2025.

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Brave Lupus Tokyo players celebrate after defeating the Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One final at Tokyo's National Stadium on June 1, 2025.

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Brave Lupus Tokyo players celebrate after defeating the Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One final at Tokyo's National Stadium on June 1, 2025.

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Brave Lupus Tokyo players celebrate after defeating the Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One final at Tokyo's National Stadium on June 1, 2025.

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Rugby: Brave Lupus win League One title

Brave Lupus Tokyo players celebrate after defeating the Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One final at Tokyo's National Stadium on June 1, 2025.

[Breaking News]Paris Paralympics: Swimming

PARIS, France, Sept. 5 Kyodo - Kota Kubota of Japan poses with his men's 100-meter backstroke S8 silver medal at the Paris Paralympics as he attends a press conference on Sept. 3, 2024, near Paris. (Kyodo)

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Kota Kubota of Japan competes in the men's 100-meter backstroke S8 final at the Paris Paralympics on Aug. 31, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris. He won silver.

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Kota Kubota of Japan poses with his men's 100-meter backstroke S8 silver medal at the Paris Paralympics as he attends a press conference on Sept. 3, 2024, near Paris.

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Kota Kubota of Japan competes in the men's 100-meter backstroke S8 final at the Paris Paralympics on Aug. 31, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris. He won silver.

CORRECTED: Paris Paralympics: Swimming

CORRECTED: Paris Paralympics: Swimming

Kota Kubota of Japan poses with his men's 100-meter backstroke S8 silver medal at the Paris Paralympics on Aug. 31, 2024, at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, near Paris.

Hydrogen tractor

Hydrogen tractor

Photo shows a prototype of an eco-friendly hydrogen-powered fuel cell tractor developed by Japanese farm machinery maker Kubota Corp., unveiled to the media in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on March 28, 2024.

Rugby: Cross-Border series in Japan

Rugby: Cross-Border series in Japan

Hiroyuki Yamasaki (R) of Japan's Kubota Spears scores a try in the second half of a Cross-Border Rugby match against New Zealand's Chiefs at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2024.

Rugby: Cross-Border series in Japan

Rugby: Cross-Border series in Japan

Players of Japan's Kubota Spears (black) are pictured following their 35-30 loss to New Zealand's Chiefs in a Cross-Border Rugby match at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2024.

Rugby: Cross-Border series in Japan

Rugby: Cross-Border series in Japan

Hiroyuki Yamasaki (L) of Japan's Kubota Spears scores a try in the second half of a Cross-Border Rugby match against New Zealand's Chiefs at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2024.

Rugby: Cross-Border series in Japan

Rugby: Cross-Border series in Japan

Halatoa Vailea of Japan's Kubota Spears kicks a penalty in the first half of a Cross-Border Rugby match against New Zealand's Chiefs at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2024.

(SP)CHINA-WUHAN-3X3 BASKETBALL-FIBA WOMEN'S SERIES-SC. YUANDA VS JAPAN (CN)

(SP)CHINA-WUHAN-3X3 BASKETBALL-FIBA WOMEN'S SERIES-SC. YUANDA VS JAPAN (CN)

(230507) -- WUHAN, May 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mayu Lucy Kubota (R) of Japan competes against Zhou Mengyun of Sc. Yuanda during their 2023 FIBA 3x3 Women's Series Wuhan Stop match in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province on May 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

(SP)CHINA-HUZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-3X3 BASKETBALL(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HUZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-3X3 BASKETBALL(CN)

(230930) -- HUZHOU, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kubota Mayu Lucy (top) of Japan competes during Women's U23 Qualifications to Quarterfinal of 3X3 Basketball between Japan and China's Hong kong at the 19th Asian Games in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

Japan's Unit 731: Ongoing cover-up of horrific experiments on humans

STORY: Japan's Unit 731: Ongoing cover-up of horrific experiments on humans DATELINE: Sept. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:47 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MASAKUNI KURUMIZAWA, Former Unit 731 member 2. various of Noboru Kubota 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): NOBORU KUBOTA, Former Chairman of Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): AKIRA YOSHIZAWA, Member of Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): HIDEO MOTOJIMA, Director of the Social Education Department, Iida City Board of Education 6. various of street views in Japan 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Japanese): FUMIO HARA, Former President, Research Society for 15 years War and Japanese Medical Science and Service 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (Japanese): NOBORU KUBOTA, Former Chairman of Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MASAKUNI KURUMIZAWA, Former Unit 731 member "'Marutas' were human beings used for human experiments. My vivisection

JAPAN-WAR CRIMES-EVIDENCE

JAPAN-WAR CRIMES-EVIDENCE

(230903) -- TOKYO, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Noboru Kubota, former chairman of the Shinshu War Exhibition for Peace Organizing Committee and the Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee, poses for a photo in front of his home in Iida City, Japan, Jan. 13, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Who's covering up Japan's war crimes with evidence on notorious bacteriology unit kept invisible to public?" (Xinhua/Guo Dan)

JAPAN-WAR CRIMES-EVIDENCE

JAPAN-WAR CRIMES-EVIDENCE

(230903) -- TOKYO, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Noboru Kubota, former chairman of the Shinshu War Exhibition for Peace Organizing Committee and the Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee, receives an interview with Xinhua at home in Iida City, Japan, Jan. 13, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Who's covering up Japan's war crimes with evidence on notorious bacteriology unit kept invisible to public?" (Xinhua/Guo Dan)

(SP)CHINA-WUHAN-3X3 BASKETBALL-FIBA WOMEN'S SERIES-SC. YUANDA VS JAPAN (CN)

(SP)CHINA-WUHAN-3X3 BASKETBALL-FIBA WOMEN'S SERIES-SC. YUANDA VS JAPAN (CN)

(230507) -- WUHAN, May 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mayu Lucy Kubota (R) of Japan competes against Zhou Mengyun of Sc. Yuanda during their 2023 FIBA 3x3 Women's Series Wuhan Stop match in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province on May 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

Kubota to enter farming "assist suit" market in 2016

Kubota to enter farming "assist suit" market in 2016

OSAKA, Japan - A woman wearing a prototype "assist suit" developed by Japanese agriculture equipment maker Kubota Corp. easily lifts a 20-kilogram container filled with apples during a presentation in Kyoto on Jan. 16, 2015. The suit can reduce the burden on a wearer when loading or unloading articles, by making use of motors.

'Missing Post Office' keeps accepting letters, postcards

'Missing Post Office' keeps accepting letters, postcards

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Katsuhisa Nakata, 80-year-old director of "Missing Post Office," drops a postcard into a tin box in the office on the island of Awashima in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken in November 2014. The post office was created by artist Saya Kubota to accept unaddressed postcards and letters in which senders write messages to whomever they want to, such as deceased family members.

Visitors read postcards sent to 'Missing Post Office'

Visitors read postcards sent to 'Missing Post Office'

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Visitors to "Missing Post Office" on the island of Awashima in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, read postcards sent to the office as 80-year-old postmaster Katsuhisa Tanaka looks on in this file photo taken in November 2014. The post office was created by artist Saya Kubota to accept unaddressed postcards and letters in which senders write messages to whomever they want to, such as deceased family members.

Kubota aims to break into world's top farm machinery makers

Kubota aims to break into world's top farm machinery makers

OSAKA, Japan - Masatoshi Kimata, president of Kubota Corp., is interviewed by Kyodo News on Dec. 3, 2014, in Osaka. Kimata said the company aims to boost its group sales by about 30 percent over the next three years and become one of the world's top three makers of agricultural machinery.

Kubota chief Masumoto found dead

Kubota chief Masumoto found dead

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 2012 shows Yasuo Masumoto, chairman and president of Kubota Corp., Japan's leading manufacturer of farm equipment. On June 4, 2014, Masumoto was found dead at a hotel in Tokyo. He was 67. Police are investigating the cause of his death. Vice President Masatoshi Kimata will take over as acting president, Kubota said.

Japanese firms unveil fashionable farm work clothing

Japanese firms unveil fashionable farm work clothing

OSAKA, Japan - Kubota Corp. and Mont-Bell Co. display fashionable clothing for agricultural work in Osaka, western Japan, on March 13, 2014, before they begin joint marketing.

Master bat maker

Master bat maker

TOKYO, Japan - Master bat maker Isokazu Kubota (R) and Hideki Matsui, then a player of the New York Yankees, chat at Mizuno Technics Corp. in Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, in December 2003. The craftsman whose bats have launched thousands of big league hits for Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki announced his retirement on Jan. 28, 2014.

Master bat maker

Master bat maker

NAGOYA, Japan - Master bat maker Isokazu Kubota announces his retirement during a press conference in Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2014. The craftsman whose bats have struck thousands of big league hits for Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui is calling it quits after half a century at his craft.

Master bat maker

Master bat maker

NAGOYA, Japan - Master bat maker Isokazu Kubota crafts a bat after announcing his retirement in Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2014. The craftsman whose bats have struck thousands of big league hits for Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui is calling it quits after half a century at his craft.

Eyelash extensions all the rage among women of all ages

Eyelash extensions all the rage among women of all ages

TOKYO, Japan - Students learn techniques for eyelash extensions at Kubota Beauty and Hairdressing College in Tokyo's Nakano Ward. Photo taken on Sept. 11, 2012.

Kubota president in interview

Kubota president in interview

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuo Masumoto, president of agricultural machinery builder Kubota Corp., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the company's headquarters in Osaka on Jan. 14, 2011. He said Kubota will seek to double group sales to 2 trillion yen in five years from some 930 billion yen in fiscal 2009.

Ichiro's baseball bat makers

Ichiro's baseball bat makers

GIFU, Japan - Baseball bat makers Isokazu Kubota (R) and Tamio Nawa of Mizuno Technics Corp. hold the same model of baseball bat used by Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, in the town of Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2010. Ichiro has set a new Major League Baseball record of 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons.

Japan journalist missing in Afghanistan

Japan journalist missing in Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (R) is photographed with photo journalist Hironobu Kubota in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on March 28, 2010. The Japanese government said April 2 that a Japanese national presumed to be Tsuneoka was abducted.

Photographer recalls career of shooting Japanese prime ministers

Photographer recalls career of shooting Japanese prime ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Tomihiro Kubota, a longtime official photographer of Japanese prime ministers, talks about his career in an interview with Kyodo News on June 3.

Ichiro ties Harimoto's record for most career hits

Ichiro ties Harimoto's record for most career hits

GIFU, Japan - Isokazu Kubota (R), who has made bats for the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki for about 17 years, celebrates in Gifu Prefecture on April 16 after a grand slam Ichiro hit in the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field on April 15. Ichiro tied Isao Harimoto's record in Japan for most career hits by marking the 3,085th hit of his career in Japan and the major leagues.

Seiko Epson to consolidate chip production due to record loss

Seiko Epson to consolidate chip production due to record loss

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Epson Corp. Managing Director Kenji Kubota speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 11. He said the company plans to consolidate its struggling computer chip and liquid crystal display production facilities in Japan as it anticipates its biggest-ever loss in fiscal 2008 on declining demand due to the global economic crisis.

Eishi Kubota receives Ph.D. in engineering at age 81

Eishi Kubota receives Ph.D. in engineering at age 81

TOKYO, Japan - Eishi Kubota (photo) has been awarded a doctorate in engineering from Nagasaki University this year at age 81. Kubota, a former boiler designer with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., enrolled in the Open University of Japan at age 71 and went on to the Ph.D. program at Nagasaki University after he got a master's degree from the Open University. Kubota, whose Ph.D. dissertation focused on how to reduce dioxin at incinerators, says he decided to conduct research on dioxin as part of his post-retirement job as a consultant for incinerator manufacturers.

Senior Kigenkai member seen as key player in violence on woman

Senior Kigenkai member seen as key player in violence on woman

KOMORO, Japan - Police agents investigate the facilities of the religious group Kigenkai in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 16. Yasuko Kubota, a senior Kigenkai member, is suspected of playing a leading role in allegedly beating to death a female member last month, according to police sources.