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Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2015-07-01 - 2016-06-30
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
 
Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations, Fair Value of Plan Assets, and Funded Status of Plan

Summarized information for the Company’s retirement income and retirement health care plans as of and for the fiscal years ended June 30 is as follows:

    Retirement
Income
  Retirement
Health Care
    2016   2015   2016   2015
Change in benefit obligations:                                
Projected benefit obligation as of beginning of year   $ 639     $ 641     $ 45     $ 49  
       Service cost     1       2       -       -  
       Interest cost     26       25       2       2  
       Actuarial loss (gain)     51       14       2       -  
       Plan amendments     (1 )     -       -       (1 )
       Translation and other adjustments     (1 )     (5 )     -       (2 )
       Benefits paid     (42 )     (38 )     (2 )     (3 )
       Projected benefit obligation as of end of year     673       639       47       45  
                                 
Change in plan assets:                                
       Fair value of assets as of beginning of year   $ 409     $ 432     $ -     $ -  
       Actual return on plan assets     26       6       -       -  
       Employer contributions     31       13       2       3  
       Benefits paid     (42 )     (38 )     (2 )     (3 )
       Translation and other adjustments     (1 )     (4 )     -       -  
Fair value of plan assets as of end of year     423       409       -       -  
Accrued benefit cost, net funded status   $      (250 )   $      (230 )   $      (47 )   $      (45 )
 
 
 
Schedule of Amounts Recognized in the Balance Sheets
Amount recognized in the balance sheets consists of:                                
       Pension benefit assets   $ 1     $ 2     $ -     $ -  
       Current accrued benefit liability     (14 )     (16 )     (3 )     (3 )
       Non-current accrued benefit liability     (237 )     (216 )     (44 )     (42 )
       Accrued benefit cost, net   $ (250 )   $ (230 )   $ (47 )   $ (45 )
 
 
Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of Plan Assets

Retirement income plans with ABO in excess of plan assets as of June 30 were as follows:

    Pension Plans   Other
Retirement Plans
    2016   2015   2016   2015
Projected benefit obligation   $     575   $      538   $        76   $        80
Accumulated benefit obligation     574     538     76     80
Fair value of plan assets     399     385     -     -
 
 
Schedule of Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The net costs of the retirement income and health care plans for the fiscal years ended June 30 included the following components:

  Retirement Income   Retirement Health Care
  2016   2015   2014   2016   2015   2014
Service cost $ 1     $ 2     $ 3     $ -     $ -   $ 1  
Interest cost   26       25       27       2               2     2  
Expected return on plan assets           (17 )             (20 )           (25 )     -       -     -  
Amortization of unrecognized items        10       12       11               (3 )     2             (4 )
Total $ 20     $ 19     $ 16     $ (1 )   $ 4   $ (1
 
 
Schedule of Items Not Yet Recognized as a Component of Postretirement Expense

Items not yet recognized as a component of postretirement expense as of June 30, 2016, consisted of:

  Retirement
Income
  Retirement
Health Care
Net actuarial loss (gain) $ 296     $           (13 )
Prior service benefit   -       (6 )
Net deferred income tax (assets) liabilities             (111 )     7  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (income) $ 185     $ (12 )
 
 
Summary of Amounts Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Net Losses

Net actuarial loss (gain) recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive net (losses) income for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, included the following:

    Retirement
Income
  Retirement
Health Care
Net actuarial loss (gain) as of beginning of year   $           264     $           (17 )
Amortization during the year     (10 )     2  
Loss (gain) during the year     42       2  
Net actuarial loss (gain) as of end of year   $ 296     $ (13 )
 
 
Schedule of Weighted Average Assumptions Used

Weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the actuarial present value of benefit obligations as of June 30 were as follows:

    Retirement Income   Retirement Health Care
    2016   2015   2016   2015
Discount rate   3.42 %   4.20 %   3.42 %   4.16 %
Rate of compensation increase   2.92 %   3.37 %   n/a     n/a  

Weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs as of June 30 were as follows:

    Retirement Income
    2016   2015   2014
Discount rate   4.20 %   4.05 %   4.39 %
Rate of compensation increase   3.37 %   4.46 %   3.44 %
Expected return on plan assets   4.34 %   5.28 %   6.61 %
 
    Retirement Health Care
    2016   2015   2014
Discount rate   4.16 %   4.00 %   4.33 %
 
 
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments

Expected benefit payments for the Company’s pension and other postretirement plans as of June 30, 2016, were as follows:

  Retirement
Income
  Retirement
Health Care
2017 $ 39   $ 3
2018   52     3
2019   39     3
2020   39     2
2021   39     2
Fiscal years 2022 through 2026   193     12
 
 
Schedule of Target Allocation and Weighted Average Allocation of Plan Assets

The target allocations and weighted average asset allocations by asset category of the investment portfolio for the Company’s domestic retirement income plans as of June 30 were:

  % Target Allocation   % of Plan Assets
  2016   2015   2016   2015
U.S. equity 11 %   11 %   11 %   11 %
International equity 12     12     11     12  
Fixed income 74     74     74     74  
Other 3     3     4     3  
Total 100 %   100 %   100 %   100 %
 
 
Schedule of Plan Assets Carried at Fair Value

The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy, the retirement income plans’ assets carried at fair value as of June 30:

    2016
    Level 1   Level 2   Total
Cash equivalents   $ 2   $ -   $ 2
Common collective trusts            
       Bond funds     -     307     307
       International equity funds     -     56     56
       Domestic equity funds     -     44     44
       Real estate fund     -     14     14
Total common collective trusts     -     421     421
Total assets at fair value   $ 2   $ 421   $ 423
 
    2015
    Level 1   Level 2   Total
Cash equivalents   $ 3   $ -   $ 3
Common collective trusts                  
       Bond funds     -     295     295
       International equity funds     -     59     59
       Domestic equity funds     -     41     41
       Real estate fund     -     11     11
Total common collective trusts     -     406     406
Total assets at fair value   $ 3   $      406   $      409