Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 68:1 (2013) 132–36Writing the Love of Boys: Origins of Bishōnen Culture in Modernist Japanese Literature by Jeffrey AnglesMichele M. Mason- MN 68:1 (2013) 136–39Women Adrift: The Literature of Japan’s Imperial Body by Noriko J. HoriguchiRebecca Copeland
- MN 68:1 (2013) 140–43Maximum Embodiment: Yōga, The Western Painting of Japan, 1912–1955 by Bert Winther-TamakiMikiko Hirayama
- MN 68:1 (2013) 144–46The Okinawan Diaspora in Japan: Crossing the Borders Within by Steve RabsonChristopher T. Nelson
- MN 68:1 (2013) 147–50Beyond the Mushroom Cloud: Commemoration, Religion, and Responsibility after Hiroshima by Yuki MiyamotoJoseph S. O'Leary
- MN 68:1 (2013) 150–53Occupying Power: Sex Workers and Servicemen in Postwar Japan by Sara KovnerHamish Ion
- MN 68:1 (2013) 154–56The Other Face of the Moon by Claude Lévi-Strauss; Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World by Claude Lévi-StraussScott Davis
- MN 68:1 (2013) 156–62Drawing on Tradition: Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan by Jolyon Baraka ThomasMark MacWilliams
MN 67:2 (2012) 329–34Tosa Mitsunobu and the Small Scroll in Medieval Japan by Melissa McCormickMasahiko Aizawa- MN 67:2 (2012) 334–37Confluences of Medicine in Medieval Japan: Buddhist Healing, Chinese Knowledge, Islamic Formulas, and Wounds of War by Andrew Edmund GobleFrederik Cryns
- MN 67:2 (2012) 338–41The Observable Mundane: Vernacular Chinese and the Emergence of a Literary Discourse on Popular Narrative in Edo Japan by Emanuel PastreichPeter Flueckiger
- MN 67:2 (2012) 341–43Defining Engagement: Japan and Global Contexts, 1640–1868 by Robert I. HellyerRyūtō Shimada
- MN 67:2 (2012) 343–48Pan-Asianism: A Documentary History, Volume 1 (1850–1920) and Volume 2 (1920–Present) ed. Sven Saaler, Christopher W. A. SzpilmanDick Stegewerns
- MN 67:2 (2012) 348–52Planning for Empire: Reform Bureaucrats and the Japanese Wartime State by Janis MimuraChristopher W. A. Szpilman
- MN 67:2 (2012) 352–55Celebrity Gods: New Religions, Media, and Authority in Occupied Japan by Benjamin DormanInken Prohl
- MN 67:2 (2012) 355–61Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism by Mark Michael RoweYoshimasa Ikegami
- MN 67:2 (2012) 361–64Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women’s Rituals by Paula AraiGina Cogan
- MN 67:2 (2012) 364–66Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook ed. James W. Heisig, Thomas P. Kasulis, John C. MaraldoMayuko Uehara
- MN 67:2 (2012) 366–69Since Meiji: Perspectives on the Japanese Visual Arts, 1868−2000 ed. J. Thomas RimerToby Slade
- MN 67:2 (2012) 369–71Experimental Arts in Postwar Japan: Moments of Encounter, Engagement, and Imagined Return by Miryam SasBruce Baird
- MN 67:2 (2012) 371–74“The Moon over the Mountain”: Stories by Atsushi Nakajima trans. Paul McCarthy, Nobuko Ochner —8Charles De Wolf
- MN 67:2 (2012) 374–76Straight from the Heart: Gender, Intimacy, and the Cultural Production of Shōjo Manga by Jennifer S. Prough —7Susan Napier
- MN 67:2 (2012) 376–81Recreating Japanese Men ed. Sabine Frühstück, Anne Walthall —6Michael Lewis
- MN 67:2 (2012) 381–84Popular Democracy in Japan: How Gender and Community are Changing Modern Electoral Politics by Sherry L. Martin —5Deborah J. Milly
- MN 67:2 (2012) 384–87Hard Times in the Hometown: A History of Community Survival in Modern Japan by Martin Dusinberre —4Takehiro Watanabe
384–87Hard Times in the Hometown: A History of Community Survival in Modern Japan by Martin DusinberreTakehiro Watanabe- 381–84Popular Democracy in Japan: How Gender and Community are Changing Modern Electoral Politics by Sherry L. MartinDeborah J. Milly
- 376–81Recreating Japanese Men ed. Sabine Frühstück, Anne WalthallMichael Lewis
- 374–76Straight from the Heart: Gender, Intimacy, and the Cultural Production of Shōjo Manga by Jennifer S. ProughSusan Napier
- 371–74“The Moon over the Mountain”: Stories by Atsushi Nakajima trans. Paul McCarthy, Nobuko OchnerCharles De Wolf
MN 67:1 (2012) 159–64A New History of Shinto by John Breen, Mark Teeuwen; Rethinking Medieval Shintō. Special issue of Cahiers d’Extrême-Asie (16) ed. Bernard Faure, Michael Como, Iyanaga NobumiKate Wildman-Nakai- MN 67:1 (2012) 164–68Performing/Painting in Tokugawa Japan: Artistic Practice and Socio-Economic Functions of Sekiga (Paintings on the Spot) by Alexander HofmannBrenda G. Jordan
- MN 67:1 (2012) 168–70The Female as Subject: Reading and Writing in Early Modern Japan ed. P. F. Kornicki, Mara Patessio, G. G. RowleyJanet R. Goodwin
- MN 67:1 (2012) 170–73Cultivating Commons: Joint Ownership of Arable Land in Early Modern Japan by Philip C. BrownAnne Walthall
- MN 67:1 (2012) 173–78Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan by Eric C. Rath; Japanese Foodways: Past and Present ed. Eric C. Rath, Stephanie AssmannConstantine Nomikos Vaporis
- MN 67:1 (2012) 178–82A Malleable Map: Geographies of Restoration in Central Japan, 1600–1912 by Kären WigenMarcia Yonemoto
- MN 67:1 (2012) 182–84Ordinary Economies in Japan: A Historical Perspective, 1750–1950 by Tetsuo NajitaMark Metzler
- MN 67:1 (2012) 184–87Under Eagle Eyes: Lithographs, Drawings and Photographs from the Prussian Expedition to Japan, 1860–61 ed. Sebastian Dobson, Sven SaalerDerek Massarella
- MN 67:1 (2012) 187–89Embodying Difference: The Making of Burakumin in Modern Japan by Timothy D. AmosIan Neary
- MN 67:1 (2012) 189–93Negotiating Identity: Nakagami Kenji’s Kiseki and the Power of the Tale by Anne Helene Thelle; Nakagami, Japan: Buraku and the Writing of Ethnicity by Anne McKnightRachael Hutchinson
- MN 67:1 (2012) 193–96Japan im Pazifischen Krieg: Herrschaftssystem, politische Willensbildung und Friedenssuche by Gerhard KrebsPeter Pantzer
- MN 67:1 (2012) 196–99Xavier’s Legacies: Catholicism in Modern Japanese Culture by Kevin M. DoakHelen J. Ballhatchet
MN 66:2 (2011) 335–38Japanese Mythology: Hermeneutics on Scripture by Jun’ichi Isomae, trans. Mukund SubramanianTorquil Duthie- MN 66:2 (2011) 338–41Legend and Legitimation: The Formation of Tendai Esoteric Buddhism in Japan by Jinhua ChenJames L. Ford
- MN 66:2 (2011) 341–44Kūkai on the Philosophy of Language by Shingen Takagi, Thomas Eijō DreitleinEric H. Swanson
- MN 66:2 (2011) 344–49Christianity and Cultures: Japan & China in Comparison, 1543–1644 ed. M. Antoni J. ÜçerlerHaruko Nawata Ward
- MN 66:2 (2011) 349–51Economic Thought in Early Modern Japan ed. Bettina Gramlich-Oka, Gregory SmitsJeffrey Newmark
- MN 66:2 (2011) 352–55Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan: The Development of the Feminist Movement by Mara PatessioEmily Anderson