IOTL, the Triple Intervention (1895) was a "three-person slap" on Japan's intended terms towards China in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, after the First Sino-Japanese War. France, Russia, and, surprisingly, Germany forced Japan to back down from its claims over Korea and the Liaodong Peninsula.
But what if Germany had not dogpiled on Japan alongside France and Russia? IOTL, they backed the Triple Intervention in another mostly futile attempt to gain Russia's favour. Could this be enough to preserve Japan's position in the Shimonoseki negotiations?