Capital spending by Japanese companies rose at the fastest pace in more than a decade in the April-June quarter, government data showed Monday, adding to evidence that the economy has resumed growth after a temporary slowdown.

Investment by all nonfinancial sectors for purposes such as building factories and adding equipment increased by 12.8 percent from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said, highlighting the seventh straight quarter of growth and the fastest since January-March 2007.

Such spending, which includes software outlays, came to ¥10.66 trillion ($96 billion) as chip-makers and automakers ramped up production capacity. Electric utilities also contributed by adding safety measures at nuclear power plants.