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Commitments, Contingencies and Related Parties JV Lease Guarantees (Details) - Sep. 29, 2017 $ in Millions, ¥ in Billions	JPY (¥)	USD ($)
Off Balance Sheet Guarantee [Member] | Equity Method Investee [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total guarantee obligations	¥ 115	$ 1,022

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- Definition

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.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12069-110248

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- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Details

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