You see the thing is Japan was trying to follow the European example, it really would not have done any of that. More likely this is how it would go:
1896-Go to war with Spain, at that time the modern world hated Spain, they were the last slave holding empire, no one would have cared. It also keeps the American presence in the Pacific low. Then fight a five to ten year insurgency.
1906-1907 Fight Russia over Korea
1914-1918 Fight Germany and Austria-Hungary gain as much as it can in from them in the Pacific and Asia
1917-? Fight Russia until it gives up on certain Pacific territories and earn major props for being anti-Communist war fighters and inflicting a blow on the Reds
1930's go into China
1936 join the axis
1939 Go to war with Holland, France and the UK. Buy East Timor from Portagual. Negotiate with Holland, France and the UK to pay for the territory and bring peace, and switch sides and join the allies.
1945 become the major power in East Asia and the Pacific
I assume you mean that's the Japanese plan, not what you think would work? The yes, that's the sort of plan Japan at that time would come up with.
If you actually think it would work, I disagree.
1896 / philippines: no-one will help Spain, but everyone will be more wary of japan as they have now taken a colony from a european nation.
1906-1907 / Fight Russia over Korea: Russia will be more way of Japan than OTL, perhaps enough, perhaps not enough.
1914-1918: Same as OTL if WW1 is not changed by a different outcome of R-J war.
1917-? Fight Russia: will be seen as very threatening by all western nations if Japan grabs large pieces of Russia. And the Soviet union will … want it back.
1930's go into China: Anything more than OTL and they are doomed. They have been more expansionist than OTL. China will get more help and for sure stay unified. Japan will at best have to send the majority of its able men to garrison china instead of working in factories.
1936 join the axis
1939: US likely enters the war and even if not, UK + allies will beat japan with US funding (after the war in Europe is settled). And after Stalin conquers Europe (if US is not fighting, but providing LL etc.), he'll for sure come after anything japan has on the mainland.