Inventories - Additional Information (Detail) - JPY (¥) ¥ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Write-down of inventories	¥ 12,238	¥ 17,361	¥ 7,256

Charge to cost of goods sold that represents the reduction of the carrying amount of inventory, generally attributable to obsolescence or market conditions.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 330
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28360613&loc=d3e4542-108314

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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