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Long term debt currency portion C H F.

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Long term debt currency portion E U R.

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Long term debt currency portion U S D.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt, classified as current. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of Notes with the highest claim on the assets of the issuer in case of bankruptcy or liquidation (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer). Senior note holders are paid off in full before any payments are made to junior note holders.

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions, € in Billions, ¥ in Billions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 JPY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2018 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2018 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 JPY (¥)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes	$ 30,352				$ 28,367
Short-term debt	$ 786				$ 2,880
Long term debt currency portion USD	64.00%		64.00%	64.00%
Long term debt currency portion EUR	34.00%		34.00%	34.00%
Long term debt currency portion CHF	2.00%		2.00%	2.00%
Term loan JPY 35 billion due 2018 and 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of debt \| ¥		¥ 70.0
Debentures USD 15 million [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount	$ 15
Loan payment prepaid	15
Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of debt	2,300
Term loan JPY 58.5 billion [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount \| ¥				¥ 58.5
Loan payment prepaid \| ¥				¥ 86.8
Short-term debt \| ¥						¥ 28.3
Netherlands II B.V. [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes	2,500		€ 1.6
Senior notes USD 1,500 million [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount	1,500
Senior notes EUR 1,000 million [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount \| €			€ 1.0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility	$ 3,000