Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Credit Quality Indicators of Loans and Year of Origination by Class) (Detail) - JPY (¥)
¥ in Millions
Mar. 31, 2022
Mar. 31, 2021
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Total ¥ 113,471,623 ¥ 116,027,745
Commercial | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 27,445,726 29,805,641
Financing receivable, year 2 10,850,943 10,256,709
Financing receivable, year 3 7,634,337 9,410,172
Financing receivable, year 4 6,509,048 5,360,221
Financing receivable, year 5 3,924,194 4,736,515
Financing receivable, >5 years 8,827,987 6,945,092
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 23,380,258 19,401,336
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 9,236 9,776
Total 88,581,729 85,925,462
Commercial | Domestic    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Total 54,044,718 54,680,843
Commercial | Domestic | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 19,038,698 22,402,694
Financing receivable, year 2 7,937,529 6,392,946
Financing receivable, year 3 5,003,439 6,126,746
Financing receivable, year 4 4,499,174 3,840,964
Financing receivable, year 5 2,817,819 3,649,145
Financing receivable, >5 years 6,639,931 5,286,408
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 8,038,871 6,934,308
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 53,975,461 54,633,211
Commercial | Domestic | Normal | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 18,756,933 21,936,776
Financing receivable, year 2 7,646,272 6,058,126
Financing receivable, year 3 4,669,784 5,915,318
Financing receivable, year 4 4,335,640 3,666,734
Financing receivable, year 5 2,698,956 3,551,332
Financing receivable, >5 years 6,205,070 4,847,597
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 7,686,772 6,604,586
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 51,999,427 52,580,469
Commercial | Domestic | Close Watch | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 257,276 431,223
Financing receivable, year 2 266,311 319,073
Financing receivable, year 3 167,387 195,630
Financing receivable, year 4 150,834 162,176
Financing receivable, year 5 104,047 74,698
Financing receivable, >5 years 307,367 317,622
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 306,193 306,236
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 1,559,415 1,806,658
Commercial | Domestic | Likely to become Bankrupt or Legally/Virtually Bankrupt | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 24,489 34,695
Financing receivable, year 2 24,946 15,747
Financing receivable, year 3 166,268 15,798
Financing receivable, year 4 12,700 12,054
Financing receivable, year 5 14,816 23,115
Financing receivable, >5 years 127,494 121,189
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 45,906 23,486
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 416,619 246,084
Commercial | Foreign    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Total 34,980,279 31,486,947
Commercial | Foreign | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 8,407,028 7,402,947
Financing receivable, year 2 2,913,414 3,863,763
Financing receivable, year 3 2,630,898 3,283,426
Financing receivable, year 4 2,009,874 1,519,257
Financing receivable, year 5 1,106,375 1,087,370
Financing receivable, >5 years 2,188,056 1,658,684
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 15,341,387 12,467,028
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 9,236 9,776
Total 34,606,268 31,292,251
Commercial | Foreign | Normal | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 8,250,729 7,158,793
Financing receivable, year 2 2,814,362 3,704,240
Financing receivable, year 3 2,501,594 3,155,261
Financing receivable, year 4 1,881,532 1,423,064
Financing receivable, year 5 1,031,105 1,032,052
Financing receivable, >5 years 2,031,243 1,534,943
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 15,089,995 12,231,018
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 1,912 9,776
Total 33,602,472 30,249,147
Commercial | Foreign | Close Watch | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 149,502 200,305
Financing receivable, year 2 90,355 118,027
Financing receivable, year 3 73,253 91,867
Financing receivable, year 4 110,170 60,422
Financing receivable, year 5 36,274 51,433
Financing receivable, >5 years 93,622 69,436
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 223,203 197,405
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 7,324 0
Total 783,703 788,895
Commercial | Foreign | Likely to become Bankrupt or Legally/Virtually Bankrupt | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 6,797 43,849
Financing receivable, year 2 8,697 41,496
Financing receivable, year 3 56,051 36,298
Financing receivable, year 4 18,172 35,771
Financing receivable, year 5 38,996 3,885
Financing receivable, >5 years 63,191 54,305
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 28,189 38,605
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 220,093 254,209
Residential    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Total 13,301,505 13,182,815
Residential | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 782,446 623,328
Financing receivable, year 2 641,706 847,314
Financing receivable, year 3 976,736 822,883
Financing receivable, year 4 866,282 892,166
Financing receivable, year 5 900,959 1,304,110
Financing receivable, >5 years 9,104,691 8,660,022
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 28,685 32,984
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 8
Total 13,301,505 13,182,815
Residential | Accrual | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 782,314 623,035
Financing receivable, year 2 641,499 846,787
Financing receivable, year 3 976,162 822,411
Financing receivable, year 4 865,761 891,407
Financing receivable, year 5 900,120 1,302,427
Financing receivable, >5 years 9,054,326 8,599,621
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 26,460 30,897
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 13,246,642 13,116,585
Residential | Nonaccrual | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 132 293
Financing receivable, year 2 207 527
Financing receivable, year 3 574 472
Financing receivable, year 4 521 759
Financing receivable, year 5 839 1,683
Financing receivable, >5 years 50,365 60,401
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 2,225 2,087
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 8
Total 54,863 66,230
Card    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Total 464,266 502,241
Card | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 19 14
Financing receivable, year 2 106 96
Financing receivable, year 3 182 171
Financing receivable, year 4 175 304
Financing receivable, year 5 276 110
Financing receivable, >5 years 437 513
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 400,552 417,804
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 62,519 60,284
Total 464,266 479,296
Card | Accrual | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 1 1
Financing receivable, year 2 8 10
Financing receivable, year 3 8 13
Financing receivable, year 4 9 19
Financing receivable, year 5 13 7
Financing receivable, >5 years 41 79
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 387,648 404,301
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 13,960 14,666
Total 401,688 419,096
Card | Nonaccrual | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 18 13
Financing receivable, year 2 98 86
Financing receivable, year 3 174 158
Financing receivable, year 4 166 285
Financing receivable, year 5 263 103
Financing receivable, >5 years 396 434
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 12,904 13,503
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 48,559 45,618
Total 62,578 60,200
MUAH    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Total 2,812,969 8,583,566
MUAH | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 364,236 1,406,996
Financing receivable, year 2 306,134 1,366,930
Financing receivable, year 3 147,821 915,570
Financing receivable, year 4 62,455 861,742
Financing receivable, year 5 50,264 770,568
Financing receivable, >5 years 122,149 1,291,561
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 1,689,069 1,882,377
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 2,742,128 8,495,744
MUAH | Accrual | Credit Quality Based on the Number of Delinquencies | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1   472,892
Financing receivable, year 2   608,580
Financing receivable, year 3   324,369
Financing receivable, year 4   552,380
Financing receivable, year 5   516,051
Financing receivable, >5 years   656,087
Revolving loans amortized cost basis   130,514
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis   0
Total   3,260,873
MUAH | Nonaccrual | Credit Quality Based on the Number of Delinquencies | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1   0
Financing receivable, year 2   725
Financing receivable, year 3   518
Financing receivable, year 4   1,139
Financing receivable, year 5   1,035
Financing receivable, >5 years   14,801
Revolving loans amortized cost basis   828
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis   0
Total   19,046
MUAH | Pass | Credit Quality Based on Internal Credit Ratings | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 357,334 920,959
Financing receivable, year 2 298,658 707,841
Financing receivable, year 3 126,083 486,354
Financing receivable, year 4 48,653 287,316
Financing receivable, year 5 43,938 236,715
Financing receivable, >5 years 117,778 542,634
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 1,642,946 1,625,799
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 2,635,390 4,807,618
MUAH | Special Mention | Credit Quality Based on Internal Credit Ratings | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 3,106 4,865
Financing receivable, year 2 0 31,361
Financing receivable, year 3 20,013 49,784
Financing receivable, year 4 2,415 14,904
Financing receivable, year 5 5,981 9,522
Financing receivable, >5 years 805 30,015
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 33,471 76,487
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 65,791 216,938
MUAH | Classified | Credit Quality Based on Internal Credit Ratings | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 3,796 8,280
Financing receivable, year 2 7,476 18,423
Financing receivable, year 3 1,725 54,545
Financing receivable, year 4 11,387 6,003
Financing receivable, year 5 345 7,245
Financing receivable, >5 years 3,566 48,024
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 12,652 48,749
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 40,947 191,269
Krungsri    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Total 6,822,765 6,604,645
Krungsri | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 1,350,265 1,316,031
Financing receivable, year 2 964,094 1,197,815
Financing receivable, year 3 901,955 958,241
Financing receivable, year 4 680,090 506,919
Financing receivable, year 5 329,847 285,427
Financing receivable, >5 years 481,981 402,752
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 2,099,727 1,922,946
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 14,806 14,514
Total 6,822,765 6,604,645
Krungsri | Performing | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 1,297,054 1,251,246
Financing receivable, year 2 891,374 1,086,710
Financing receivable, year 3 788,828 855,915
Financing receivable, year 4 573,840 434,818
Financing receivable, year 5 270,783 241,811
Financing receivable, >5 years 363,905 314,114
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 1,961,481 1,754,840
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 6,147,265 5,939,454
Krungsri | Under-Performing | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 42,326 52,821
Financing receivable, year 2 58,084 85,408
Financing receivable, year 3 90,519 74,848
Financing receivable, year 4 80,841 57,314
Financing receivable, year 5 45,982 31,886
Financing receivable, >5 years 78,690 57,129
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 113,283 144,447
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 509,725 503,853
Krungsri | Non-Performing | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 10,885 11,964
Financing receivable, year 2 14,636 25,697
Financing receivable, year 3 22,608 27,478
Financing receivable, year 4 25,409 14,787
Financing receivable, year 5 13,082 11,730
Financing receivable, >5 years 39,386 31,509
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 24,963 23,659
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 14,806 14,514
Total 165,775 161,338
Other    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Total 1,045,121 986,688
Other | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 400,482 338,342
Financing receivable, year 2 143,336 164,650
Financing receivable, year 3 85,496 84,115
Financing receivable, year 4 40,445 37,394
Financing receivable, year 5 35,346 11,030
Financing receivable, >5 years 0 8,538
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 340,016 342,619
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 1,045,121 986,688
Other | Accrual | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 398,744 335,830
Financing receivable, year 2 136,317 159,363
Financing receivable, year 3 83,278 79,608
Financing receivable, year 4 38,609 35,366
Financing receivable, year 5 32,934 10,556
Financing receivable, >5 years 0 8,201
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 328,621 331,197
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total 1,018,503 960,121
Other | Nonaccrual | Excluding loans held for sale and covered loans    
Financing Receivables Credit Quality Indicator By Year Of Origination [Line Items]    
Financing receivable, year 1 1,738 2,512
Financing receivable, year 2 7,019 5,287
Financing receivable, year 3 2,218 4,507
Financing receivable, year 4 1,836 2,028
Financing receivable, year 5 2,412 474
Financing receivable, >5 years 0 337
Revolving loans amortized cost basis 11,395 11,422
Revolving loans converted to term loans amortized cost basis 0 0
Total ¥ 26,618 ¥ 26,567