In 1896, Japan was smarting over the Triple Intervention and renegotiating the "Unequal Treaties". Japanese leaders like Yamagata were cautious and would not want to take risks. However, the Triple Intervention must have inspired anti-European ideas. A little later there were Pan-Asianist ideas associated with figures such as Toyama Mitsuru. Can we imagine a mostly private organisation supported by a few helpers amongst Japan's military supplying the weapons needed by Andrés Bonifacio. If he received a large quantity of weapons captured by Japan in 1894-5, Bonifacio might have taken Manila. Even if he fails, there might be an incident such as a Spanish attack upon a Japanese ship leading to a direct Japanese attack on the Spanish. In either case, Japan would be supporting Philippine independence rather than an extension of its Empire because they have learnt that they won't be allowed to expand.