The Hokoku (donation) ceremony was held on March 17, 1938, at Tokyo's Haneda Airfield. Two Mitsubishi A5M2bs with hokoku numbers #185 and #205 were donated by the "Great Japan Youth Group".
Also, two Nakajima E8N "Dave" seaplanes with hokoku numbers #165 and #168 were donated by the "Pearl gathering Japanese ship owners and crew members of the Arafura Sea" and the "Citizens of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture " respectively.