Kishida's unscheduled visit to Ukraine is of utmost importance to end this war fairly and squarely. Japan is building up its military to stand up to Chinese hegemony will have the 3rd largest military budget in five years and is of great concern to Xi. If Japan can come up with a genuine peace plan to counter Putin biased Chinese plan similar to the one point peace plan proposed by the Finnish PM which simply says Russia to pull out from Ukraine, will surely give a Red face to Xi Ji Ping.
Also, Japan could easily match any military assistance China may provide to Russia.
