Did East Asian responses to the Spanish Civil War divide along 'party lines'?

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Both Japan and China had more pressing issues than a civil war half the world away. Note that long distance travel was harder and more expensive then.

China

wiki:

Some Chinese joined the Brigades, and the majority of them eventually returned to China, while some went to prison or French refugee camps, and a handful remained in Spain

Benton, Gregor; Pieke, Frank N. (1998). The Chinese in Europe p. 215

Japan

After being spurned in Paris, Japan took little notice of European development.

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