Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 35:4 (1980) 487–90Reality and Fiction in Modern Japanese Literature by Noriko Mizuta LippitJanet A. Walker- MN 35:4 (1980) 490–93Mask and Sword: Two Plays for the Contemporary Japanese Theater by Yamazaki Masakazu by J. Thomas RimerEric J. Gangloff
- MN 35:4 (1980) 493–95The Modern Japanese Prose Poem: An Anthology of Six Poets by Dennis KeeneRobert Epp
- MN 35:4 (1980) 495–96Hōjō Shigetoki (1198–1261) and His Role in the History of Political and Ethical Ideas in Japan by Carl SteenstrupElizabeth Sato
- MN 35:4 (1980) 497–99The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868 by Conrad TotmanW. G. Beasley
- MN 35:4 (1980) 499–502Politics of the Meiji Press: The Life of Fukuchi Gen’ichiro by James L. HuffmanAlbert Avraham Altman
- MN 35:4 (1980) 502–504Live Machines: Hired Foreigners and Meiji Japan by Hazel J. JonesEdward R. Beauchamp
- MN 35:4 (1980) 504–505The Extraordinary Envoy: General Hiroshi Ōshima and Diplomacy in the Third Reich, 1934–1939 by Carl BoydFrank W. Iklé
- MN 35:4 (1980) 505–508Dōgen’s Formative Years in China: An Historical Study and Annotated Translation of the Hōkyō-ki by Takashi James KoderaHee-Jin Kim
- MN 35:4 (1980) 508–511Letters of Shinran: A Translation of Mattōshō by Yoshifumi Ueda; Notes on ‘Essentials of Faith Alone’: A Translation of Shinran’s Yuishinshō-mon’I by Yoshifumi UedaMinor Lee Rogers
- MN 35:4 (1980) 511–512Shigaraki, Potter’s Valley by Louise Allison CortAndrew Pekarik
- MN 35:4 (1980) 512–513Hōyaku Nippo Jisho by Doi Tadao, Morita Takeshi, Chōnan MinoruMichael Cooper
MN 35:3 (1980) 347–48A History of Japanese Literature: The First Thousand Years by Shūichi Katō, David ChibbettJ. Thomas Rimer- MN 35:3 (1980) 349–51Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection by Marian UryRobert E. Morrell
- MN 35:3 (1980) 351–55Masamune Hakuchō by Robert RolfWilliam F. Sibley
- MN 35:3 (1980) 356A History of Political Institutions in Japan by Ryōsuke IshiiSharon A. Minichiello
- MN 35:3 (1980) 357–59Empire and Aftermath: Yoshida Shigeru and the Japanese Experience, 1878–1954 by J. W. DowerRichard H. Mitchell
- MN 35:3 (1980) 359–61Christianity: The Japanese Way by Carlo CaldarolaDavid Reid
- MN 35:3 (1980) 362–63Japanese Religion in the Modern Century by Shigeyoshi Murakami, H. Byron EarhartRobert S. Ellwood, Jr.
- MN 35:3 (1980) 364–66Suburban Tokyo: A Comparative Study in Politics and Social Change by Gary D. AllinsonYasumasa Kuroda
- MN 35:3 (1980) 367Current Contents of Academic Journals in Japan, 1978. The Humanities and Social Sciences by Center for Academic Publications JapanMichael Cooper
- MN 35:3 (1980) 366–67Sumo from Rite to Sport by P. L. CuylerDouglas M. Kenrick
MN 35:2 (1980) 241–43The Shiga Hero by William F. SibleyStephen W. Kohl- MN 35:2 (1980) 243–44Ishikawa Takuboku by Yukihito HijiyaJanine Beichman-Yamamoto
- MN 35:2 (1980) 245–47The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima by Gwenn Boardman PetersenRobert Rolf
- MN 35:2 (1980) 247–49The Art of Kabuki: Famous Plays in Performance by Samuel L. LeiterTed T. Takaya
- MN 35:2 (1980) 249–53Japan’s First Bureaucracy: A Study of Eighth-Century Government by Richard J. MillerG. Cameron Hurst
- MN 35:2 (1980) 253–54As We Saw Them: The First Japanese Embassy to the United States (1860) by Masao MiyoshiGrant K. Goodman
- MN 35:2 (1980) 254–55Cahiers d’études et de documents sur les religions du Japon. Volume I by Centre d’études sur les religions et traditions populaires du JaponPaul Rietsch
- MN 35:2 (1980) 255–56General Index, Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art by Richard BirdMichael Cooper
MN 35:1 (1980) 107–109The Human Comedy of Heian Japan: A Study of the Secular Stories in the Twelfth-Century Collection of Tales, Konjaku Monogatarishū by Hiroko KobayashiMarian Ury- MN 35:1 (1980) 109–10Some Japanese Portraits by Donald KeeneJames T. Araki
- MN 35:1 (1980) 111–13Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions. An Introduction by J. Thomas RimerLawrence Rogers
- MN 35:1 (1980) 113–15Kutani Ware by Sensaku Nakagawa, John BesterJohanna Becker
- MN 35:1 (1980) 115–18An Outline of Japanese Economic History, 1603–1940. Major Works and Research Findings by Mikio Sumiya, Koji TairaWilliam B. Hauser
- MN 35:1 (1980) 118–19Women Workers in the Japanese Cotton Mills: 1880–1920 by Yasue Aoki KiddPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 35:1 (1980) 119–21The Japanese Company by Rodney ClarkW. Mark Fruin
- MN 35:1 (1980) 121–24The Value of Children. A Cross-National Study. Volume Six: Japan by Toshio IritaniGail Lee Bernstein
- MN 35:1 (1980) 124–25European Studies on Japan by Ian Nish, Charles DunnMichael Cooper
MN 34:4 (1979) 489–92Japanese Linked Verse. An Account with Translations of Renga and Haikai Sequences by Earl MinerPhillip T. Harries- MN 34:4 (1979) 492–94The Search for Authenticity in Modern Japanese Literature by Hisaaki YamanouchiKinya Tsuruta
- MN 34:4 (1979) 495–97Song, Dance, Storytelling. Aspects of the Performing Arts in Japan by Frank HoffMark Morris
- MN 34:4 (1979) 497–98Songs of Gods, Songs of Humans: The Epic Tradition of the Ainu by Donald L. PhilippiMarian Ury
- MN 34:4 (1979) 498–501Modern Japanese Drama. An Anthology by Ted T. TakayaBrian Powell
- MN 34:4 (1979) 501–504A Grammar of Classical Japanese by Akira KomaiBart Mathias
- MN 34:4 (1979) 504–505Giving Up the Gun. Japan’s Reversion to the Sword, 1543–1879 by Noel PerrinDavid Waterhouse
- MN 34:4 (1979) 506–507Patterns of Japanese Policymaking. Experiences from Higher Education by T. J. PempelEdward R. Beauchamp
- MN 34:4 (1979) 507–509Japanese Art: A Cultural Appreciation by Saburo Ienaga, Richard L. GagePenelope E. Mason