Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 55:1 (2000) 139–42Hōnen’s Senchakushū: Passages on the Selection of the Nembutsu in the Original Vow (Senchaku hongan nembutsu shū) by Senchakushū English Translation ProjectDennis Hirota- MN 55:1 (2000) 142–44Japans Blinde Sänger im Schutz der Gottheit Myōon-Benzaiten by Ingrid FritschSilvain Guignard
- MN 55:1 (2000) 144–46Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan by Ian Reader, George J. Tanabe, Jr.Karen A. Smyers
- MN 55:1 (2000) 147–49Interkulturelle Philosophie und Phänomenologie in Japan by Tadashi Ogawa, Michael Lazarin, Guido RappeJoseph S. O'Leary
- MN 55:1 (2000) 149–52Hiroshima Traces: Time, Space, and the Dialectics of Memory by Lisa YoneyamaGerald Figal
- MN 55:1 (2000) 152–54Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts in Early Muromachi Japan (1336–1573) by Joseph D. ParkerSonja Arntzen
- MN 55:1 (2000) 154–57Hiraizumi: Buddhist Art and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century Japan by Mimi Hall YiengpruksawanSamuel C. Morse
- MN 55:1 (2000) 157–59Pachinko monogatari: Soziokulturelle Exploration der japanischen Glücks- spielindustrie by Wolfram ManzenreiterStanca Scholz-Cionca
MN 54:4 (1999) 529–531Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics by Gregory SmitsLuke S. Roberts- MN 54:4 (1999) 531–536The Spirit of Japanese Law by John Owen Haley; Der deutsche Anteil an der Gestaltung des modernen japanischen Rechts- und Verfassungswesens: Deutsche Rechtsberater im Japan der Meiji-Zeit by Paul-Christian SchenckF. B. Verwayen
- MN 54:4 (1999) 536–538Manufacturing Ideology: Scientific Management in Twentieth-Century Japan by William M. TsutsuiMatthias Koch
- MN 54:4 (1999) 538–540The Japanese Empire in East Asia and Its Postwar Legacy by Harald FuessDouglas R. Reynolds
- MN 54:4 (1999) 541–543Japanische Religionspolitik in der Mongolei 1932–1945: Reformbestrebungen und Dialog zwischen japanischem und mongolischem Buddhismus by Li NarangoaPeter Kleinen
- MN 54:4 (1999) 543–546The Nanjing Massacre: A Japanese Journalist Confronts Japan’s National Shame by Honda Katsuichi, Frank Gibney, Karen SandnessJoshua A. Fogel
- MN 54:4 (1999) 546–548The Wages of Affluence: Labor and Management in Postwar Japan by Andrew GordonWilliam M. Tsutsui
- MN 54:4 (1999) 549–552Chaos and Order in the Works of Natsume Sōseki by Angela Yiu; Rereading Sōseki: Three Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Novels by Reiko Abe AuestadStephen Dodd
- MN 54:4 (1999) 552–555Shredding the Tapestry of Meaning: The Poetry and Poetics of Kitasono Katue (1902–1978) by John SoltMiryam Sas
- MN 54:4 (1999) 555–556Kata-imi et Kata-tagae: Étude sur les interdits de direction à époque Heian by Bernard FrankCharlotte von Verschuer
- MN 54:4 (1999) 556–558The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality by Bernard FaureWilliam R. LaFleur
- MN 54:4 (1999) 558–561Charisma and Community Formation in Medieval Japan: The Case of the Yugyō-ha (1300–1700) by S. A. ThorntonJanet R. Goodwin
- MN 54:4 (1999) 561–564Nakatomi Harae Kunge: Purification and Enlightenment in Late-Heian Japan by Mark J. Teeuwen, Hendrik van der Veere; Traité sur l’inépuisable Lampe du Zen: Tōrei (1721–1792) et sa vision de l’eveil by Michel MohrThierry Jean Roboüam
- MN 54:4 (1999) 564–566Religions of Japan in Practice by George J. TanabeMark R. Mullins
- MN 54:4 (1999) 566–568Japanese Mandalas: Representations of Sacred Geography by Elizabeth ten GrotenhuisMimi Hall Yiengpruksawan
- MN 54:4 (1999) 569–571The Last Tosa: Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei, Bridge to Ukiyo-e by Sandy KitaLaura W. Allen
- MN 54:4 (1999) 571–573Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan by Jennifer RobertsonSabine Frühstück
MN 54:3 (1999) 395–97Japan’s Protoindustrial Elite: The Economic Foundations of the Gōnō by Edward E. PrattKären Wigen- MN 54:3 (1999) 397–99A History of Shōwa Japan, 1926–1989 by Takafusa Nakamura, Edwin WhenmouthJ. Victor Koschmann
- MN 54:3 (1999) 400–402A Diary of Darkness: The Wartime Diary of Kiyosawa Kiyoshi by Eugene Soviak, Kamiyama TamieSandra Wilson
- MN 54:3 (1999) 403–405Japan’s War Economy by Erich PauerSimon Partner
- MN 54:3 (1999) 405–408The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court during the Kamakura Period (1185–1333) by George W. PerkinsMichael G. Watson
- MN 54:3 (1999) 408–10Principles of Poetry (Shi no Genri) by Hagiwara Sakutarō, Chester C. I. Wang, Isamu P. FukuchiEmi Shimokawa
- MN 54:3 (1999) 410–12An Artless Art: The Zen Aesthetics of Shiga Naoya by Roy StarrsAnn Sherif
- MN 54:3 (1999) 413–15Righteous Cause or Tragic Folly: Changing Views of War in Modern Japanese Poetry by Steve RabsonJoan E. Ericson
- MN 54:3 (1999) 415–16Akai tori in den Jahren 1918/1919. Die Entstehung einer modernen japanischen Kinderzeitschrift by Britta WolderingHarald Fuess
- MN 54:3 (1999) 416–19La Supercherie dévoilée: Une réfutation du catholicisme au Japon au XVIIe siècle by Christόvão Ferreira, Jacques Proust, Marianne ProustMichael Cooper
- MN 54:3 (1999) 419–21Christianity Made in Japan: A Study of Indigenous Movements by Mark R. MullinsShimazono Susumu
- MN 54:3 (1999) 422–24Tea of the Sages: The Art of Sencha by Patricia J. GrahamChristine M. E. Guth
- MN 54:3 (1999) 424–26Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife by Robin M. LeBlancAnne E. Imamura
- MN 54:3 (1999) 427–29Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender, and Work in Japanese Companies by Yuko OgasawaraLouella Matsunaga
- MN 54:3 (1999) 429–31The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures by D. P. MartinezDoug Slaymaker
- MN 54:3 (1999) 431–34Japanstudien: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Instituts für Japanstudien der Philipp Franz von Siebold Stiftung. Vol. 10: “Japans neue Rolle in Asien” by Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien der Philipp Franz von Siebold StiftungHartwig Hummel
MN 54:2 (1999) 267–69Japans Kurtisanen: Eine Kulturgeschichte der japanischen Meisterinnen der Unterhaltungskunst und Erotik aus zwölf Jahrhunderten by Michael SteinKlaus Vollmer- MN 54:2 (1999) 270–72Le naturel selon Andō Shōeki: Un type de discours sur la nature et la spontanéité par un maître-confucéen de l’époque Tokugawa: Andō Shōeki (1703–1762) by Jacques JolyKarine Marandjian
- MN 54:2 (1999) 272–74The Junk Trade from Southeast Asia: Translations from the Tōsen Fusetsugaki, 1674–1723 by Yoneo IshiiWillem Remmelink
- MN 54:2 (1999) 274–76Zwischen Tradition und Moderne: Die Bewegung für den Fortbestand der Kanpō-Medizin in Japan by Christian OberländerYukiko Fujita
- MN 54:2 (1999) 276–78Frauen zwischen Rollenerwartung und Selbstdeutung: Ehe, Mutterschaft und Liebe im Spiegel der japanischen Frauenzeitschrift Shin shin fujin von 1913 bis 1916 by Ulrike WöhrHilaria Gössmann
- MN 54:2 (1999) 278–81Interpreting History in Sino-Japanese Relations: A Case Study in Decision-Making by Caroline RoseC. W. Braddick
- MN 54:2 (1999) 281–82Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan: The Works of Poet-Priest Kamo no Chōmei by Rajyashree PandeyMargaret H. Childs