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DEBT (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of credit facility disclosures    
Debt Instrument, Face Amount $ 1,500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount $ 1,500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Line of Credit Facility, Description 5  
Short-term borrowings 0us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings 4,100,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Term of credit facility Jun. 30, 2019  
Line of credit, maximum amount of outstanding borrowings and letters of credit permitted at any one time 750,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity  
Line of credit, potential maximum with Company's request and lender consent $ 1,000,000,000mjn_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacityWithRequestAndConsent  
Credit Facility covenant, consolidated total debt to consolidated EBITDA ratio, numerator(cannot exceed) 3.50mjn_LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantDebtToEbidtaNumerator  
Credit Facility covenant, consolidated total debt to consolidated EBITDA ratio, denominator 1.0mjn_LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantDebtToEbidtaDenominator  
Credit Facility covenant, consolidated EBITDA to consolidated interest expense ratio, numerator (cannot be less) 3.0mjn_LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantEbidtaToInterestExpenseNumerator  
Credit Facility covenant, consolidated EBITDA to consolidated interest expense ratio, denominator 1.0mjn_LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantEbidtaToInterestExpenseDenominator  
Description of interest rate basis LIBOR  
Credit facility, commitment fee percentage 0.125%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage  
Lower limit    
Line of credit facility disclosures    
Range of margin added to base rate (as a percent) 0.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Upper limit    
Line of credit facility disclosures    
Range of margin added to base rate (as a percent) 1.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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