SEGMENT REPORTING

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

17. SEGMENT REPORTING

Kyocera manufactures and sells a highly diversified range of products, including components involving fine ceramic technologies and applied ceramic products, telecommunications and information equipment etc.

Kyocera categorizes its operations into seven reporting segments: (1) Fine Ceramic Parts Group, (2) Semiconductor Parts Group, (3) Applied Ceramic Products Group, (4) Electronic Device Group,

(5) Telecommunications Equipment Group, (6) Information Equipment Group, and (7) Others.

Main products or businesses of each reporting segment are as follows:

(1) Fine Ceramic Parts Group

Components for Semiconductor Processing Equipment and Flat Panel Display Manufacturing Equipment

Information and Telecommunication Components

General Industrial Machinery Components

Sapphire Substrates

Automotive Components

(2) Semiconductor Parts Group

Ceramic Packages

Organic Multilayer Substrates

Multilayer Printed Wiring Boards

(3) Applied Ceramic Products Group

Solar Power Generating Systems, Battery Energy Storage Systems

Cutting Tools, Micro Drills

Medical and Dental Implants

Jewelry and Applied Ceramic Related Products

(4) Electronic Device Group

Capacitors, SAW Devices

Connectors, Crystal Components

Liquid Crystal Displays

Printing Devices

Power Semiconductor Products (Discrete Products, Power Modules)

(5) Telecommunications Equipment Group

Smartphones, Mobile Phones

PHS related Products

M2M Modules

(6) Information Equipment Group

Monochrome and Color Printers and Multifunctional Products

Wide Format Systems

Document Solutions

Application Software

Supplies

(7) Others

Information Systems and Telecommunication Services

Engineering Business

Management Consulting Business

Materials for Semiconductor, Chemical Materials

Realty Development Business

Inter-segment sales, operating revenue and transfers are made with reference to prevailing market prices. Transactions between reportable segments are immaterial and not shown separately.

Operating profit for each reporting segment represents net sales, less related costs and operating expenses, excluding corporate gains and equity in losses of affiliates and unconsolidated subsidiaries, income taxes and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests.

Assets for each reporting segment represent those assets associated with a specific reporting segment. Corporate assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, the facilities of corporate headquarters and various other investments and assets that are not specific to each reporting segment.

Information by reporting segment at and for the years ended March 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016 is summarized on the following page:

Reporting segments

	Years ended March 31,
	2014			2015			2016
	(Yen in millions)
Net sales:
Fine Ceramic Parts Group	¥	80,020		¥	90,694		¥	95,092
Semiconductor Parts Group		187,891			217,879			216,263
Applied Ceramic Products Group		272,795			277,629			247,516
Electronic Device Group		284,322			284,145			290,902
Telecommunications Equipment Group		186,749			204,290			170,983
Information Equipment Group		307,848			332,596			336,308
Others		173,137			172,925			167,793
Adjustments and eliminations		(45,393	)		(53,622	)		(45,230	)
Net sales	¥	1,447,369		¥	1,526,536		¥	1,479,627
	Years ended March 31,
	2014			2015			2016
	(Yen in millions)
Income before income taxes:
Fine Ceramic Parts Group	¥	11,836		¥	16,134		¥	15,745
Semiconductor Parts Group		31,889			33,971			28,934
Applied Ceramic Products Group		33,501			3,159			16,386
Electronic Device Group		21,160			34,372			10,974
Telecommunications Equipment Group		1,437			(20,212	)		(4,558	)
Information Equipment Group		28,193			34,569			27,106
Others		6,276			6,848			11,575
Total operating profit		134,292			108,841			106,162
Corporate gains and Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates and an unconsolidated subsidiary		11,889			13,744			39,534
Adjustments and eliminations		87			(723	)		(113	)
Income before income taxes	¥	146,268		¥	121,862		¥	145,583

	Years ended March 31,
	2014		2015		2016
	(Yen in millions)
Depreciation and amortization:
Fine Ceramic Parts Group	¥	5,014	¥	4,956	¥	5,329
Semiconductor Parts Group		15,765		15,723		15,618
Applied Ceramic Products Group		13,558		12,527		11,425
Electronic Device Group		17,585		16,010		17,294
Telecommunications Equipment Group		5,091		4,339		4,570
Information Equipment Group		10,963		11,488		14,428
Others		5,965		5,820		5,985
Corporate		2,210		2,131		1,998
Total	¥	76,151	¥	72,994	¥	76,647
	Years ended March 31,
	2014		2015		2016
	(Yen in millions)
Write-down of inventories:
Fine Ceramic Parts Group	¥	330	¥	138	¥	45
Semiconductor Parts Group		824		2,065		1,595
Applied Ceramic Products Group		1,223		9,542		2,117
Electronic Device Group		1,170		1,816		1,464
Telecommunications Equipment Group		2,335		2,775		5,973
Information Equipment Group		1,016		803		890
Others		358		222		154
Total	¥	7,256	¥	17,361	¥	12,238
	Years ended March 31,
	2014		2015		2016
	(Yen in millions)
Capital expenditures:
Fine Ceramic Parts Group	¥	3,195	¥	6,077	¥	7,136
Semiconductor Parts Group		16,566		11,465		15,104
Applied Ceramic Products Group		8,546		6,665		10,055
Electronic Device Group		12,048		14,471		19,607
Telecommunications Equipment Group		2,997		2,525		2,624
Information Equipment Group		5,550		9,196		8,512
Others		3,437		2,695		2,844
Corporate		4,272		3,576		3,051
Total	¥	56,611	¥	56,670	¥	68,933

	March 31,
	2014			2015			2016
	(Yen in millions)
Assets by reporting segment:
Fine Ceramic Parts Group	¥	69,165		¥	78,580		¥	81,076
Semiconductor Parts Group		169,330			194,547			186,407
Applied Ceramic Products Group		317,750			306,984			287,911
Electronic Device Group		451,856			509,836			484,683
Telecommunications Equipment Group		105,597			102,762			92,752
Information Equipment Group		290,378			304,044			301,471
Others		171,652			176,556			176,954
		1,575,728			1,673,309			1,611,254
Corporate and investments in and advances to affiliates and an unconsolidated subsidiary		1,182,912			1,492,915			1,616,029
Adjustments and eliminations		(121,936	)		(145,040	)		(132,234	)
Total assets	¥	2,636,704		¥	3,021,184		¥	3,095,049

Information for revenue from external customers by destination and long-lived assets based on physical location as of and for the years ended March 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016 are summarized as follows:

Geographic segments

	Years ended March 31,
	2014		2015		2016
	(Yen in millions)
Net sales:
Japan	¥	643,423	¥	643,577	¥	607,642
Asia		274,512		301,278		307,744
Europe		247,700		265,323		253,382
United States of America		217,230		248,145		250,203
Others		64,504		68,213		60,656
Net sales	¥	1,447,369	¥	1,526,536	¥	1,479,627

	March 31,
	2014		2015		2016
	(Yen in millions)
Long-lived assets:
Japan	¥	180,342	¥	173,683	¥	182,793
Asia		49,140		49,936		43,785
Europe		21,395		16,153		16,661
United States of America		13,377		14,743		14,264
Others		6,303		6,976		6,984
Total	¥	270,557	¥	261,491	¥	264,487

There are no individually material countries with respect to revenue from external customers and long-lived assets in Asia, Europe and Others.