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Debt and Financing Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) ¥ in Billions |  | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 28, 2016 USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2016 EUR (€) | Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 EUR (€) | Dec. 31, 2016 JPY (¥) | Mar. 31, 2017 EUR (€) | Dec. 28, 2016 EUR (€)
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of ten-month floating rate term loans maturing in Oct 2016 |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2 | 2 |  |
Dollar denominated notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount | $ 5,600,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Conversion, Original Debt, Amount | 6,000,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregrate principal amount of existing notes outstanding | $ 380,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Series of existing notes outstanding | 17 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Euro denominated notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount | € |  | € 423,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Conversion, Original Debt, Amount | € |  | € 500,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregrate principal amount of existing notes outstanding | € |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | € 77,400,000
Series of existing notes outstanding | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4 billion USD floating rate term loan maturing in March 2020 [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  | $ 4,000,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount |  |  | $ 135,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
One percent maturing in fiscal 2023 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount | € |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | € 1,000,000,000 |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms |  |  |  | 0.01 |  |  |  |  |
150 million USD revolving credit facility maturing in Mar 2018 [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Lines of Credit |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  |  |  | 364 days |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  |  | $ 150,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Two Point Three Five Five Percent Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount |  |  |  | $ 46,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms |  |  |  | 0.02355 |  |  |  |  |
One Point Three Seven Five Percent Due in Two Thousand Twenty Five [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms |  |  |  | 0.01375 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount | € |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | € 15,000,000 |
Four point five percent maturing in fiscal 2047 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  |  | $ 500,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms |  |  |  | 0.045 |  |  |  |  |
150 million USD revolving credit facility maturing in Feb 2018 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Lines of Credit |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  |  |  | 364 days |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  |  | $ 150,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
250 million USD revolving credit facility maturing in Jan 2018 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Lines of Credit |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  |  |  | 364 days |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  |  |  | $ 250,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
$35M revolving credit facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Lines of Credit |  |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount |  |  |  |  | $ 35,000,000 |  |  |  |
325 million USD floating rate term loans maturing in Oct 2016 [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  |  |  |  | 10 months | 10 months | 10 months |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount |  |  |  |  | $ 325,000,000 |  |  |  |
$100M revolving credit facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Lines of Credit |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount |  |  |  |  | $ 100,000,000 |  |  |  |
100 Million USD floating rate term loan maturing in November 2016 [Member] [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  |  |  |  | 9 months | 9 months | 9 months |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount |  |  |  |  | $ 100,000,000 |  |  |  |
37 billion yen floating rate syndicated term loan maturing in June 2020 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount | ¥ |  |  |  |  |  |  | ¥ 37 |  |
2.6% due 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount |  |  |  |  | $ 400,000,000 |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms |  |  |  |  | 0.026 | 0.026 | 0.026 |  |
100 million euro floating rate term loan maturing in Dec 2017 [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  |  |  |  | 364 days | 364 days | 364 days |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount | € |  |  |  |  |  | € 100,000,000 |  |  |
100 million euro floating rate term loan maturing in Oct 2016 [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  |  |  |  | 9 months | 9 months | 9 months |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount | € |  |  |  |  |  | € 100,000,000 |  |  |

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