[sarasi]

Does the couple involved plan to live in Japan in the near future? If not, I kind of doubt that the visa would be granted. The purpose of a spouse visa is to allow the spouse of a Japanese national to reside with them in Japan. Japan Immigration tends to be very suspicious of married couples who don't live together, so I think they would probably have a lot of questions for someone applying for a spouse visa in order to go to Japan when the Japanese spouse does not currently live in Japan, or plan to in the near future.

If the person applying could convince Immigration that they were both about to move to Japan it might work I suppose.