COE processing, urgent Japan meeting

I am in India, and my Certificate of Eligibility (COE) is still being processed for work. However, I have an urgent meeting in Japan next month with the same company, and I am still determining if my COE will be ready by then (estimated to be in June).
Can I apply for a short-term visa, such as a tourist or business visa, to attend the meeting and then return to India? Afterwards, I can proceed to apply for the visa with the COE. I have been working remotely with the company for the past five months.

We don't know what immigration says about that kind of situation. If it's work related to attend a meeting, then you probably can't just come on a tourist visa, because then you wouldn't be doing "tourist" related things as according to the visa. It might be easier to just contact the embassy and ask them directly. We aren't law or immigration experts here on a forum.

I saw the exactly same post here 1-2 months ago. or is that my nightmare ?
may I ask you why your company doesn't help you, although they invite you to the meeting ?

if you are invited to come, you can come.
if you are not invited, you need to find another reason to come.
it is now common sense that they can make a meeting remotely.