Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 45:1 (1990) 103–106A Future of Ice: Poems and Stories of a Japanese Buddhist by Kenji Miyazawa, Hiroaki SatoSarah M. Strong- MN 45:1 (1990) 106–109Eigo Taiyakuban: Sarada Kinenbi by Tawara Machi, Jack Stamm; Salad Anniversary by Machi Tawara, Juliet Winters CarpenterMichael Cooper
- MN 45:1 (1990) 109–11The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895–1937 by Peter Duus, Ramon H. Myers, Mark PeattieRobert B. Valliant
- MN 45:1 (1990) 112–14State and Intellectual in Imperial Japan: The Public Man in Crisis by Andrew E. BarshayGermaine A. Hoston
- MN 45:1 (1990) 115–17The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture by George J. Tanabe, Jr, Willa Jane TanabePaul L. Swanson
- MN 45:1 (1990) 117–18Maitreya, the Future Buddha by Allan Sponberg, Helen HardacreGeorge J. Tanabe
- MN 45:1 (1990) 119–21The Art of Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks, 1600–1925 by Stephen AddissFrederick Baekeland
- MN 45:1 (1990) 121–23Chanoyu: The Urasenke Tradition of Tea by Sōshitsu Sen XV, Alfred Birnbaum; Tea in Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu by Paul Varley, Kumakura IsaoHerbert Plutschow
- MN 45:1 (1990) 124–25Japanese Schooling: Patterns of Socialization, Equality, and Political Control by James J. Shields, Jr.Merry I. White
- MN 45:1 (1990) 125–26A Guide to Reference Books for Japanese Studies by The International House of Japan LibraryJohn J. Stephan
MN 44:4 (1989) 495–96The Pleasures of Japanese Literature by Donald KeeneD. E. Mills- MN 44:4 (1989) 497–98A Reader’s Guide to Japanese Literature by J. Thomas RimerMargaret H. Childs
- MN 44:4 (1989) 498–501Ezra Pound and Japan: Letters and Essays by Sanehide KodamaHosea Hirata
- MN 44:4 (1989) 501–504Lordship and Inheritance in Early Medieval Japan: A Study of the Kamakura Sōryō System by Jeffrey P. MassCarl Steenstrup
- MN 44:4 (1989) 504–505The Green Archipelago: Forestry in Preindustrial Japan by Conrad TotmanJennifer Robertson
- MN 44:4 (1989) 506–507Japan’s Industrialization in the World Economy 1859–99: Export Trade and Overseas Competition by Shinya SugiyamaLinda Grove
- MN 44:4 (1989) 507–509The Changkufeng Incident: A Study in Soviet-Japanese Conflict, 1938 by Michael T. KikuokaJohn Hunter Boyle
- MN 44:4 (1989) 509–511Twelve Plays of the Noh and Kyogen Theaters by Karen BrazellRebecca Teele
- MN 44:4 (1989) 512–513Ankoku Butō: The Premodern and Postmodern Influences on the Dance of Utter Darkness by Susan Blakely KleinDavid G. Goodman
- MN 44:4 (1989) 513–514The History and Theology of Soka Gakkai: A Japanese New Religion by Daniel MetrauxRichard Fox Young
- MN 44:4 (1989) 514–517Gedatsu-kai and Religion in Contemporary Japan: Returning to the Center by H. Byron EarhartRichard Fox Young
- MN 44:4 (1989) 517–520The Body: Toward an Eastern Mind-Body Theory by Yuasa Yasuo, Nagatomo Shigenori, Thomas P. KasulisDavid A. Dilworth
- MN 44:4 (1989) 521–522The Genius of Japanese Carpentry: An Account of a Temple’s Construction by S. Azby BrownBruce A. Coats
- MN 44:4 (1989) 522–523Bungo Manual: Selected Reference Materials for Students of Classical Japanese by Helen Craig McCulloughAileen Gatten
- MN 44:4 (1989) 524–527Protohistoric Yamato: Archaeology of the First Japanese State by Gina L. BarnesJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
MN 44:3 (1989) 349–51Murasaki Shikibu: The Tale of Genji by Richard BowringLynne K. Miyake- MN 44:3 (1989) 352–53Akutagawa and Dazai: Instances of Literary Adaptation by James O’BrienMichiko N. Wilson
- MN 44:3 (1989) 354–56Shogunal Politics: Arai Hakuseki and the Premises of Tokugawa Rule by Kate Wildman NakaiHarold Bolitho
- MN 44:3 (1989) 356–57An American Scientist in Early Meiji Japan: The Autobiographical Notes of Thomas C. Mendenhall by Richard RubingerHelen J. Ballhatchet
- MN 44:3 (1989) 358–60The Birth of the Japanese Labor Movement: Takano Fusatarō and the Rōdō Kumiai Kiseikai by Stephen E. MarslandStephen S. Large
- MN 44:3 (1989) 360–63Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan by Mikiso HaneMartha C. Tocco
- MN 44:3 (1989) 363–65Rakka Ryūsui: Colonel Akashi’s Report on His Secret Cooperation with the Russian Revolutionary Parties during the Russo-Japanese War by Inaba Chiharu, Olavi K. Fält, Antti KujalaJohn J. Stephan
- MN 44:3 (1989) 365–67Innocence Is Not Enough: The Life and Death of Herbert Norman by Roger BowenRoger Dingman
- MN 44:3 (1989) 367–70The Origins of the Korean Community in Japan, 1910–1923 by Michael WeinerRoger Bowen
- MN 44:3 (1989) 370–71The Occupation of Japan: Arts and Culture by Thomas W. BurkmanGrant K. Goodman
- MN 44:3 (1989) 372–74Neighborhood Tokyo by Theodore C. BestorWalter Edwards
- MN 44:3 (1989) 375–77The Dual Image of the Japanese Emperior by Kiyoko TakedaBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 44:3 (1989) 377–80Dōgen’s Manuals of Zen Meditation by Carl BielefeldtHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 44:3 (1989) 380–83Jōdo Shinshū: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan by James C. DobbinsAlfred Bloom
- MN 44:3 (1989) 383–85Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism by Taikō Yamasaki, Richard Petersen, Cynthia Petersen; Mantrayana in Japan. by Chikyo YamamotoJames H. Sanford
- MN 44:3 (1989) 385–87Education in Japan: A Source Book by Edward R. Beauchamp, Richard RubingerMerry I. White
- MN 44:3 (1989) 387–89Modern Japan Through Its Weddings: Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal by Walter EdwardsDavid W. Plath
- MN 44:3 (1989) 389–90Cultural Atlas of Japan by Martin Collcutt, Marius Jansen, Isao KumakuraMichael Cooper
MN 44:2 (1989) 223–24Pilgrimages: Aspects of Japanese Literature and Culture by J. Thomas RimerLaurel Rasplica Rodd- MN 44:2 (1989) 224–28Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism by H. D. HarootunianKate Wildman-Nakai
- MN 44:2 (1989) 229–32After the Restoration: The Beginning of Japan’s Modern State by Michio UmegakiGeorge Akita
- MN 44:2 (1989) 233–35Fighting to a Finish: The Politics of War Termination in the United States and Japan, 1945 by Leon V. SigalOtis Cary
- MN 44:2 (1989) 235–39Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s: The Return of the Gods by David G. GoodmanJacob Raz