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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) £ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Detail) £ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	May 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 GBP (£)	Jun. 30, 2017 JPY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 JPY (¥)	Feb. 28, 2017 JPY (¥)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 3,452,000,000		$ 3,452,000,000		$ 3,452,000,000
Issued amount	11,125,473,000		11,125,473,000		$ 11,125,473,000
Interest rate					3.00%		3.20%
Gains (losses) on early extinguishment of debt, net			(30,596,000)	$ 2,044,000	$ (30,596,000)	$ 992,000
Borrowings outstanding	0		0		0
Senior Notes Outstanding	6,700,000,000		6,700,000,000		6,700,000,000
Carrying Value of Debt	11,081,922,000		11,081,922,000		11,081,922,000		$ 10,608,294,000
Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Issued amount	6,778,264,000		6,778,264,000		$ 6,778,264,000
Interest rate					3.10%		3.30%
Cash paid to redeem senior notes	652,000,000
Redeemed amount of issued notes	618,300,000		618,300,000		$ 618,300,000
Gains (losses) on early extinguishment of debt, net	(32,200,000)
Carrying Value of Debt	6,727,450,000		6,727,450,000		6,727,450,000		$ 6,417,492,000
Senior Notes [Member] \| 2.25%, Maturing in 2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Issued amount	$ 645,300,000		645,300,000		645,300,000			£ 500.0
Interest rate	2.25%
Maturity year	2029
Percentage of par value issued	99.94%
Senior notes all-in-rate	2.30%
2017 Yen Term Loan Tranche One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 64,300,000		$ 64,300,000		$ 64,300,000						¥ 7,200,000,000
Debt Instrument maturity date					2027-03
Debt instrument interest rate	0.92%		0.92%		0.92%			0.92%	0.92%
2017 Yen Term Loan Tranche Two [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 42,900,000		$ 42,900,000		$ 42,900,000						4,800,000,000
Debt Instrument maturity date					2028-03
Debt instrument interest rate	1.01%		1.01%		1.01%			1.01%	1.01%
2017 Yen Senior Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding										$ 107,200,000	¥ 12,000,000,000
2017 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,000,000,000		$ 1,000,000,000		$ 1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument maturity date					2020-05
Borrowings outstanding	500,000,000		500,000,000		$ 500,000,000
2017 Term Loan [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Issued amount		$ 500,000,000
2017 Term Loan [Member] \| LIIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		0.90%
Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate					1.60%		1.40%
Carrying Value of Debt	1,954,091,000		1,954,091,000		$ 1,954,091,000		$ 1,484,523,000
Global Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	3,000,000,000		3,000,000,000		3,000,000,000
Ability to increase borrowing capacity subject to currency fluctuations and obtaining additional lender commitments	3,800,000,000		3,800,000,000		$ 3,800,000,000
Debt Instrument maturity date					2020-04
Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	580,600,000		580,600,000		$ 580,600,000				¥ 65,000,000,000
Debt Instrument maturity date					2021-02
Credit facility current borrowing capacity	$ 446,700,000		$ 446,700,000		$ 446,700,000				¥ 50,000,000,000			¥ 45,000,000,000