A victory would provide some much-needed relief for Wales’ players, coaches and supporters.
But ultimately it would not change the directionless mess Welsh rugby finds itself in.
This tour has seen Cardiff boss Sherratt take caretaker charge and bring in temporary backroom staff like Danny Wilson, Adam Jones, Gethin Jenkins and Rhys Thomas, who will all return to their clubs after their summer exertions.
New Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) director of rugby Dave Reddin will appoint a permanent head coach soon after the tour ends.
Wherever you look, fires are burning, with no indication they will be put out any time soon. The Welsh game is in disarray.
WRU chief executive Abi Tierney is in Japan before travelling next week to Australia, where she will attend World Rugby meetings while watching the Lions.
Tierney and chair Richard Collier-Keywood have to settle the domestic game crisis, with discussions continuing about the possibility of reducing the number of professional sides from four to three or even two.
There are financial reasons at the heart of that debate along with the need to arrest the alarming decline of the Welsh men’s side. The two almost go hand-in-hand.
Any revolutionary decision could end up in some sort of acrimony and possible legal battles.
The WRU is targeting a resolution by September, but the lack of public transparency and detail on future plans so far has caused concern.
Any information vacuum in Welsh rugby will always be filled and rumours are rife.
Players and coaches are anxious about their jobs while French and English clubs are circling, even around people who are under contract.
Scarlets forward Vaea Fifita has gone to Montauban, the young Welsh lock James Fender is in line to join Grenoble from Ospreys.
Supporters are left wondering if their team will disappear in the next couple of years.
Some fans are already fed up with hearing about this latest crisis and are talking about walking away from supporting Welsh rugby.
This once proud sport in Wales faces genuine issues of apathy and is heading towards obscurity unless the demise is halted.
So while a win in Kobe may temporarily lift some gloom, it would not paper over the significant cracks threatening Welsh rugby’s future.
