Only extant Emily of 167 built on display at JMSDF Kanoya. This H8K2 from 801 Ku wears the Takuma Ku 'T' code and Kikusui emblem. The definitive H8K2 Type 2 Model 12, of which 112 were built was powered by 1,850 hp MK4Q Kasei 22 engines. Prior to the Doolittle Raid, two H8K1s flew a 4,800-mile round trip from Marshall Is. with a refuelling stop by submarines at French Frigate Shoals to bomb Oahu unsuccessfully. IJN's largest LRMR aircraft equipped nine frontline units. USN post-war evaluation determined the fast and heavily armed H8K2 to be the most outstanding large flying boat of WW2.

Four "Emily" flying-boats of the 167 built for the Imperial Japanese Navy for maritime patrol, reconnaissance, bombing, and transport duities survived until the end of WWII. This one was captured by US forces in 1945 and was evaluated at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD in 1946/47, eventually being returned to Japan in 1979. It was on display at Tokyo's Museum of Maritime Science until 2004, when it was moved to Kanoya. A very special exhibit indeed!