Per Share Information (Cash Dividends Declared Per Share) (Detail) - ¥ / shares	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Cash dividends declared per share	¥ 100.00	¥ 100.00	¥ 80.00

Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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