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BENEFIT PLANS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs | Pension and other postretirement benefit expenses, included in acquisition and operating expenses in the consolidated statement of earnings, included the following components:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | Pension Benefits |  | Other
|  | Japan |  | U.S. |  | Postretirement Benefits
(In millions) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Components of net periodic benefit cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Interest cost |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |
Amortization of net actuarial loss |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |
Net periodic (benefit) cost |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 2 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (h) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6962843&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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