"Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, known as a gaffe-prone veteran politician, on Wednesday urged the government against excessive support for Ukraine, saying Russia will not lose its ongoing war in the Eastern European nation." #YoshiroMori #proPutin

Kyodo News - 25 Jan 2023
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/01/3def4e19e4dc-japans-ex-pm-mori-casts-doubt-on-excessive-support-for-ukraine.html

n.b. Not a gaffe at yesterday's JapanIndiaAssoc mtg, but Mori's pro-Putin stance as seen from 19 Nov 2022 Kyodo News article "Ex-Japan PM harsh on Zelenskyy over war in Ukraine".