Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses - Additional Information (Detail) ¥ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020 JPY (¥) Property	Mar. 31, 2019 JPY (¥) Property
Receivables [Abstract]
Number of foreclosed residential real estate properties \| Property	0	0
Residential mortgage loans in process of foreclosure \| ¥	¥ 109	¥ 251

Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 35
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL49126937-111524

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Period Type:	instant