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| Japanese newspaper company Asahi Shimbun's MC-20-I transport aircraft 'Asagumo' in flight, 1940s | Japanese paratroopers boarding a Ki-57 aircraft, 1940s |
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| Ki-57 aircraft at an airfield, 1940s | Japanese MC-20-II civilian transport aircraft at rest, China, 1940s |
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| Manchukuo National Airways Ki-57 aircraft at Changchun, Jilin Province, China, circa 1940s | Japanese surrender envoys led by General Numata Takazo escorted by British officers at Mingaladon airfield, Rangoon for the surrender of the Southern Army in Burma, 28 Aug 1945. They arrived in a Mitsubishi Ki-57 ‘Topsy’ |
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| Captured Ki-57 aircraft in Chinese service, China, circa late 1940s |
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