Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Leases [Abstract]

Types of assets which Nomura leases under operating leases

The following table presents the types of assets which Nomura leases under operating leases:

	Millions of yen
	March 31
	2021							2022
	Cost		Accumulated depreciation			Net carrying amount		Cost		Accumulated depreciation			Net carrying amount
Real estate(1)	¥	354	¥	(288	)	¥	66	¥	354	¥	(292	)	¥	62
Aircraft		39,736		(1,382	)		38,354		10,373		(688	)		9,685
Total	¥	40,090	¥	(1,670	)	¥	38,420	¥	10,727	¥	(980	)	¥	9,747

(1) Cost, accumulated depreciation and net carrying amounts include amounts relating to real estate utilized by Nomura.

Schedule of future minimum lease payments to be received on noncancelable operating leases

	Millions of yen
	March 31, 2022
	Minimum lease payments to be received
Years of receipt
Less than 1 year	¥	1,013
1 to 2 years		986
2 to 3 years		986
3 to 4 years		986
4 to 5 years		986
More than 5 years		4,883
Total	¥	9,840

Lease expense

	Millions of yen
	Year ended March 31
	2020		2021		2022
Lease expense:
Operating lease costs	¥	48,475	¥	49,168	¥	47,643
Other income and expenses:
Gross sublease income(1)	¥	5,377	¥	4,638	¥	3,464

(1) Gross sublease income represents income from subleases separate from lease payments made by Nomura on the head lease as lessee.

Cash payments made by Nomura as lessee

	Millions of yen
	Year ended March 31
	2020		2021		2022
Operating cash flows for operating leases	¥	47,212	¥	47,584	¥	46,565
ROU assets recognized in connection with new operating leases	¥	18,026	¥	41,279	¥	32,208

Schedule of Lessee operating lease liability maturity

	Millions of yen
	March 31, 2022
	Operating leases
Years of payment
Less than 1 year	¥	44,493
1 to 2 years		32,034
2 to 3 years		25,850
3 to 4 years		23,507
4 to 5 years		19,254
More than 5 years		63,902
Total undiscounted lease payments	¥	209,040
Less: Impact of discounting		(10,909	)
Lease liabilities as reported in the consolidated balance sheets	¥	198,131

Weighted-average discount rate used to measure lease liabilities and weighted-average remaining lease term

	Year ended March 31
	2021	2022
	Operating leases	Operating leases
Weighted-average discount rate used to measure lease liabilities	1.4%	1.4%
Weighted-average remaining lease term	7.6 years	7.2 years