Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) (JPY ¥)	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2010
Notes payable to banks	¥ 76,642,000,000	¥ 88,333,000,000
Short-term borrowings, interest rate	1.40%	1.50%
Committed lines of credit	20,000,000,000	20,000,000,000
Terms of committed lines of credit, years	1
Weighted average interest rates on long-term loans	1.80%	2.00%
Minimum total equity to be maintained	470,000,000,000
Minimum total Kubota Corporation equity to be maintained	¥ 302,500,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Stated annual interest rates on short-term borrowings	0.47%	0.50%
Maximum [Member]
Stated annual interest rates on short-term borrowings	6.10%	4.78%

- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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