Public works spending will rise by 680 billion yen to 5.96 trillion yen, and the defense budget will rise by 130 billion yen to 4.88 trillion yen, according to the documents.
Real gross domestic product will grow 1.4% in the year starting in April, according to the documents, which show nominal GDP growing 3.3% to 500.4 trillion yen.
The government in August released its medium-term fiscal reform plan that included a commitment to improve the nation’s primary balance by about 4 trillion yen in both fiscal 2014 and 2015. The target is to halve the ratio of the primary deficit to Japan’s gross domestic product to 3.3 percent by fiscal 2015 from the fiscal 2010 level of 6.6 percent, and then achieve a surplus in 2020.