Well, you cannot do step 1 without having a long-term visa (I think 6 months or longer). It used to be possible as a tourist in the past, but they changed the law a few years ago.
It is practically impossible to register you as a tourist and your vehicle as a temporary import. Even if you could resister the vehicle, it is very very very expensive.
From my experience helping other riders, I can say you have 2 choices.
1) Put your motorcycle on a truck and do not ride it in Japan.
2) Just ride it because alms nobody nows the difference between the 1949 and 1968 treaties. (You do this at your own risk, but in more than 15 years of helping travelers, I have never heard of anyone getting in trouble).
Whichever one you choose, tell JAF that you will not ride that bike in Japan without registering. Ask them to just authenticate the carnet so you can temporarily import (not drive) the bike.
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