Obligations under Guarantees and Other Off-balance Sheet Instruments (Narrative) (Detail) - JPY (¥) ¥ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Amount of Obligations under Guarantees	¥ 81,114,000	¥ 74,741,000
Contractual maturities of guarantees mainly comprised of guarantees of housing loans, in years	5 years
Carrying amounts of the liabilities related to guarantees and similar instruments	¥ 1,242,240	1,243,157
Allowance for off-balance sheet instruments	¥ 58,383	48,615
Lending-related commitments which expire within one year, in approximate percentage	63.00%
Lending-related commitments which expire from one year to five years, in approximate percentage	33.00%
Lending-related commitments which expire after five years, in approximate percentage	4.00%
Portion syndicated out to third parties
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Amount of Obligations under Guarantees	¥ 681,400	549,100
Options sold
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Amount of Obligations under Guarantees	¥ 1,175,027	¥ 1,188,798

Amount of allowance for obligations under guarantees included in Other liabilities.

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Approximate percentage which is the amount of commitments that expire after five years divided by total lending-related commitments.

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Approximate percentage which is the amount of commitments that expire from one year to five years divided by total lending-related commitments.

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Approximate percentage which is the amount of commitments that expire within one year divided by total lending-related commitments.

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Number of contractual maturity years of guarantees which are mainly comprised of guarantees of housing loans.

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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