Japan's two governing parties have agreed on draft revisions to the country's three key defense documents. The government plans to make arrangements for the Cabinet to approve the revisions.

Officials from the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito reached the agreement on Monday.

One of the draft documents, the National Security Strategy, names Russia, along with China and North Korea, as security concerns. It says China poses the biggest strategic challenge ever, in line with the United States' strategy.

The National Defense Strategy, which replaces the current National Defense Program Guidelines, says that Japan will possess the capability to launch counterstrikes against facilities such as missile-firing sites and other enemy targets.

It says such counterstrikes could only be exercised with the minimum defense capability, and never be used preemptively.

A plan that replaces the current mid-term defense buildup program says that Japan will secure 43 trillion yen, or about 315 billion dollars, in defense spending for the five-year period starting in fiscal 2023.

The 10-year plan includes spending in the area of so-called "standoff" defense capability to attack targets from outside the range of enemy weapons.

The National Defense Strategy mentions China's launch of a ballistic missile in August that fell within Japan's exclusive economic zone.

The two governing parties are discussing a line that says "it was considered by people in Japan and the region to be a threat."

Komeito said that wording would be detrimental from a diplomatic standpoint. The current draft document says that the launch was considered by people in the region to be a threat.