Fair value of common stock issued by the Company included in plan assets.

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- Definition

This element represents the fair value of debt securities issued by the Company included in plan assets.

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- Definition

Percentage of fair value of common stock issued by the Company included in plan assets to the total fair value of plan assets.

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- Definition

This element represents the percentage fair value of debt securities issued by the Company to the total fair value of plan assets.

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- Definition

This element represents the eligible age of employee from when lifetime annuity payments commence.

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Number Of Major Fund Types

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- Definition

Amount of cost of providing special or contractual termination benefits payable from defined benefit plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (q)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480506/715-20-50-1

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Severance Indemnities and Pension Plans (Narrative) (Detail) ¥ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024 JPY (¥) fund	Mar. 31, 2023 JPY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2022 JPY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2021
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Eligible age for lifetime annuity payments				65 months
Special lump-sum early termination benefits charged to operations for the fiscal year	¥ 19,116	¥ 16,888	¥ 16,235
Pension benefits and SIPs
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of major fund types \| fund	4
Domestic, Japan \| Pension benefits and SIPs \| Other debt securities and Japanese debt securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of debt securities issued by the MUFG Group included in plan assets	¥ 2,355	¥ 1,614
Percentage of fair value of debt securities issued by the MUFG Group to total fair value of plan assets	0.07%	0.05%
Domestic, Japan \| Pension benefits and SIPs \| Japanese marketable equity securities
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of common stock issued by the MUFG Group included in plan assets	¥ 8,022	¥ 5,284
Percentage of fair value of common stock issued by the MUFG Group to total fair value of plan assets	0.23%	0.18%