Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 62:4 (2007) 498–501A History of Nationalism in Modern Japan: Placing the People by Kevin M. DoakYoshihisa Tak Matsusaka- MN 62:4 (2007) 501–504From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States by Asada SadaoKathryn Ragsdale
- MN 62:4 (2007) 504–506From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor: Who Was Responsible? ed. James E. AuerJ. Victor Koschmann
- MN 62:4 (2007) 506–509Objects of Discourse: Memoirs by Women of Heian Japan by John R. WallaceRobert O. Khan
- MN 62:4 (2007) 509–512Love After The Tale of Genji: Rewriting the World of the Shining Prince by Charo B. D’EtcheverryAileen Gatten
- MN 62:4 (2007) 512–514Sirens of the Western Shore: The Westernesque Femme Fatale, Translation, and Vernacular Style in Modern Japanese Literature by Indra LevyNanette Gottlieb
- MN 62:4 (2007) 515–516Asura’s Harp: Engagement with Language as Buddhist Path by Dennis HirotaGeorge J. Tanabe
- MN 62:4 (2007) 517–519Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism ed. Mark L. Blum, Shin’ya YasutomiCarol Richmond Tsang
- MN 62:4 (2007) 519–523Zen Sanctuary of Purple Robes: Japan’s Tōkeiji Convent Since 1285 by Sachiko Kaneko Morrell, Robert E. MorrellDennis Hirota
MN 62:3 (2007) 361–63Selling Songs and Smiles: The Sex Trade in Heian and Kamakura Japan by Janet R. GoodwinR. Keller Kimbrough- MN 62:3 (2007) 363–66Thinking Like a Man: Tadano Makuzu (1763–1825) by Bettina Gramlich-OkaMarcia Yonemoto
- MN 62:3 (2007) 366–69Japan’s Modern Prophet: Uchimura Kanzō, 1861–1930 by John F. HowesJames L. Huffman
- MN 62:3 (2007) 369–71In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist by Hiratsuka Raichō, trans. Teruko CraigG. G. Rowley
- MN 62:3 (2007) 372–74Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan by David R. AmbarasSimon Partner
- MN 62:3 (2007) 374–76A Poetics of Courtly Male Friendship in Heian Japan by Paul Gordon SchalowMargaret H. Childs
- MN 62:3 (2007) 377–80The Poetics of Motoori Norinaga: A Hermeneutical Journey trans. and ed. Michael F. MarraW. J. Boot
- MN 62:3 (2007) 381–83The Uses of Memory: The Critique of Modernity in the Fiction of Higuchi Ichiyō by Timothy J. Van CompernolleElaine Gerbert
- MN 62:3 (2007) 383–86Suicidal Honor: General Nogi and the Writings of Mori Ōgai and Natsume Sōseki by Doris G. BargenStephen Dodd
- MN 62:3 (2007) 386–89Spirit Matters: The Transcendent in Modern Japanese Literature by Philip GabrielThomas Schnellbächer
- MN 62:3 (2007) 389–92Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism ed. Richard K. Payne, Taigen Dan Leighton; Did Dōgen Go to China? What He Wrote and When He Wrote It by Steven HeineJoseph S. O'Leary
- MN 62:3 (2007) 392–93Iron Eyes: The Life and Teachings of Ōbaku Zen Master Tetsugen Dōkō by Helen J. BaroniRichard Bowring
- MN 62:3 (2007) 394–96Musikalische Impressionen aus Japan 1941–1957 by Eta Harich-Schneider, ed. Ingrid FritschMargaret Mehl
MN 62:2 (2007) 221–23Friends, Acquaintances, Pupils, and Patrons—Japanese Intellectual Life in the Late Eighteenth Century: A Prosopographical Approach by Anna BeerensGregory Smits- MN 62:2 (2007) 223–25Punishment and Power in the Making of Modern Japan by Daniel V. BotsmanSusan L. Burns
- MN 62:2 (2007) 225–28Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868–1930 by Gregory ClanceyJ. Charles Schencking
- MN 62:2 (2007) 228–32Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa; The End of the Pacific War: Reappraisals ed. Tsuyoshi HasegawaTadashi Anno
- MN 62:2 (2007) 232–35War Memory and Social Politics in Japan, 1945–2005 by Franziska SeraphimSebastian Conrad
- MN 62:2 (2007) 235–37Manga from the Floating World: Comicbook Culture and the Kibyōshi of Edo Japan by Adam L. KernStephan Köhn
- MN 62:2 (2007) 237–40In the Company of Men: Representations of Male-Male Sexuality in Meiji Literature by Jim ReichertPaul Gordon Schalow
- MN 62:2 (2007) 241–43Abe Kōbō, Literary Strategist: The Evolution of His Agenda and Rhetoric in the Context of Postwar Japanese Avant-garde and Communist Artists’ Movements by Thomas SchnellbächerJames Dorsey
- MN 62:2 (2007) 243–45The Fox’s Craft in Japanese Religion and Folklore: Shapeshifters, Transformations, and Duplicities by Michael BathgateJanet E. Goff
- MN 62:2 (2007) 246–48Explaining Pictures: Buddhist Propaganda and Etoki Storytelling in Japan by Ikumi KaminishiCaroline Hirasawa
- MN 62:2 (2007) 248–50Handmade Culture: Raku Potters, Patrons, and Tea Practitioners in Japan by Morgan PitelkaRichard L. Wilson
- MN 62:2 (2007) 250–52Understanding Humor in Japan ed. Jessica Milner DavisRichard A. Gardner
- MN 62:2 (2007) 252–55Millennial Monsters by Anne AllisonJames Farrer
- MN 62:2 (2007) 255–60Vicarious Language: Gender and Linguistic Modernity in Japan by Miyako Inoue; A Cultural History of Women’s Language by Endō OrieNanette Gottlieb
MN 62:1 (2007) 107–109Japan’s Medieval Population: Famine, Fertility, and Warfare in a Transformative Age by William Wayne FarrisBruce L. Batten- MN 62:1 (2007) 110–12The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi by Beatrice M. Bodart-BaileyAnne Walthall
- MN 62:1 (2007) 113–15A Reader in Edo Period Travel by Herbert PlutschowLaura Nenzi
- MN 62:1 (2007) 115–19JAPANimals: History and Culture in Japan’s Animal Life ed. Gregory M. Pflugfelder, Brett L. WalkerHans Martin Krämer
- MN 62:1 (2007) 119–21Gendering Modern Japanese History ed. Barbara Moloney, Kathleen UnoAnne E. Imamura
- MN 62:1 (2007) 121–24Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers by Emiko Ohnuki-TierneyBarak Kushner
- MN 62:1 (2007) 124–27Localizing Paradise: Kumano Pilgrimage and the Religious Landscape of Premodern Japan by D. Max MoermanIyanaga Nobumi
- MN 62:1 (2007) 127–31Woman Critiqued: Translated Essays on Japanese Women’s Writing ed. Rebecca CopelandJudit Árokay
- MN 62:1 (2007) 131–34Representing the Other in Modern Japanese Literature: A Critical Approach ed. Rachael Hutchinson, Mark WilliamsJoseph S. O'Leary
MN 61:4 (2006) 567–569Women in Medieval Japan: Motherhood, Household Management and Sexuality by Wakita HarukoJanet R. Goodwin- MN 61:4 (2006) 569–571Die “böse Alte” in der japanischen Populärkultur der Edo-Zeit: Die Feindvalenz und ihr soziales Umfeld by Susanne FormanekMartina Schönbein
- MN 61:4 (2006) 572–574Practical Pursuits: Takano Chōei, Takahashi Keisaku, and Western Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Japan by Ellen Gardner NakamuraAnn Bowman Jannetta