Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 26:3/4 (1971) 455–69The Origin of the Japanese Language by Ohno SusumuRoy Andrew Miller- MN 26:3/4 (1971) 469–70Zen and the Fine Arts by Shin-ichi Hisamatsu, Gishin TokiwaFernando G. Gutiérrez
- MN 26:3/4 (1971) 471–72Toward Restoration: The Growth of Political Consciousness in Tokugawa Japan by H. D. HarootunianHarold Bolitho
- MN 26:3/4 (1971) 472–74Japan, Patterns of Continuity by Fosco MarainiGerard Barry
- MN 26:3/4 (1971) 474–76Oriental Philosophies by John M. KollerJikidō Takasaki
- MN 26:3/4 (1971) 477–79Kirishitan Gogaku no Kenkyū (Research in Kirishitan Language Studies) by Doi TadaoMichael Cooper
- MN 26:3/4 (1971) 479–80Ōchō no Eizō (Men and Women of the Court) by Tsunoda Bun’ēShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 26:3/4 (1971) 480–88Nichi-po Jisho no Kenkyū (Studies on a Japanese-Portuguese Dictionary) by Imaizumi Tadayoshi; Yōgaku-shiryō to Kindai Nihongo no Kenkyū (Studies on Yōgaku Materials and Modern Japanese) by Matsumura Akira; Ranwa-eiwa Jisho Hattatsu-shi (History of Dutch-Japanese and English-Japanese Lexicography) by Nagashima Daisuke; Zusetsu Nihon no Yōgaku (Japan’s Western Studies, Illustrated) by Sōgō Masaaki; Nihon no Eigaku Hyakunen (A Century of English Studies in Japan) by Takanashi Kenkichi, Ōmura KikichiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
MN 26:1/2 (1971) 225–27The New Generation, Problems of Cultural Identity 1885–1895 by Kenneth B. PyleTetsuo Najita- MN 26:1/2 (1971) 227–28Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought by Thomas R. H. HavensKenneth B. Pyle
- MN 26:1/2 (1971) 229–32Impounded People: Japanese-Americans in the Relocation Centers by Edward H. Spicer, Asael T. Hansen, Katherine Luomala, Marvin K. OplerT. Scott Miyakawa
- MN 26:1/2 (1971) 232–35Katsuragawa no hitobito (The Katsuragawa Family) by Imaizumi Genkichi, Shinozaki Shorin; Nagori no yume-ran’i Katsuragawa-ke ni umarete (My Childhood in the Ran’i Katsuragawa Family) by Imaizumi MineShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 26:1/2 (1971) 235–38Meiji zenki no nōgyō kyōiku (Agricultural Education in the Early Meiji Period) by Iinuma JirōShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 26:1/2 (1971) 238–40Japan’s First General Election, 1890 by R. H. P. MasonJohn M. Maki
- MN 26:1/2 (1971) 240–42Grass on the Wayside (Michikusa) by Natsume Sōseki, Edwin McClellanFrancis H. Mathy
- MN 26:1/2 (1971) 243–44Tamba Pottery: The Timeless Art of a Japanese Village by Daniel RhodesJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.
- MN 26:1/2 (1971) 244–46Bunraku: The Puppet Theater by Andō Tsuruo, Charles J. DunnTed T. Takaya
MN 25:3/4 (1970) 459–65Japanese Poetic Diaries by Earl MinerRoy Andrew Miller- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 465–67The Social Democratic Movement in Prewar Japan by George Oakley Totten IIIPeter Duus
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 467–68The Failure of Freedom: A Portrait of Modern Japanese Intellectuals by Tatsuo ArimaPeter Duus
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 468–70The Constitution of Japan: Its First Twenty Years by Dan Fenno HendersonArthur Taylor von Mehren
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 470–72The World of Japanese Business by T. F. M. Adams, N. KobayashiWilliam R. Bryant
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 472–74The Actors’ Analects (Yakusha rongo) by Charles J. Dunn, Bunzō TorigoeTed T. Takaya
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 475–76Japanese Woodblock Prints in Miniature: The Genre of Surimono by Kurt MeissnerUsher P. Coolidge
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 476–79A History of Korea by Takashi Hatada, Warren W. Smith, Jr., Benjamin HazardRobert H. Bockman
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 479–87Shōwa hihyō taikei (Literary Criticism of the Shōwa Period) by Muramatsu Takeshi, Saeki Shōichi, Ookubo NorioShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
MN 25:1/2 (1970) 217–19The Japanese Communist Party, 1922–1945 by George M. Beckmann, Okubo GenjiHenry D. Smith II- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 220–22Japan: Culture, Education, and Change in Two Communities by Theodore BrameldPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 222–24Radical Nationalist in Japan: Kita Ikki, 1883–1937 by George M. WilsonBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 224–25How the Conservatives Rule Japan (Studies of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University) by Nathaniel B. ThayerHans H. Baerwald
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 225–28A History of Japanese Astronomy by Shigeru NakayamaJames R. Bartholomew
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 228–30Modern Japan’s Foreign Policy by Morinosuke KajimaWilliam R. Bryant
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 230–34Socialist Parties in Postwar Japan by Allan B. Cole, George O. Totten, Cecil H. UyeharaPaul F. Langer
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 234–35Arts of China: Neolithic Cultures to the T’ang Dynasty, Recent Discoveries by Akiyama TerukazuMilan Mihal
MN 24:4 (1969) 523–524Party Rivalry and Political Change in Taishō Japan by Peter DuusThomas T. Winant- MN 24:4 (1969) 524–526Sōka Gakkai, Japan’s Militant Buddhists by Noah S. BrannenPier P. Del Campana
MN 24:3 (1969) 341–43Kojiki by Donald PhilippiJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.- MN 24:3 (1969) 343–46A History of the Development of Japanese Thought from 592 to 1868 by Nakamura HajimeJaime Barrera
- MN 24:3 (1969) 346–47Nihon Jōdo-kyō seiritsu-katei no kenkyū–Shinran no shisō to sono genryū (Development of the Jōdo Sect–Shinran’s Thought and its Origin) by Shigematsu AkihisaShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 24:3 (1969) 347–49Genji monogatari no Bukkyō-shisō (Buddhist Thought in the Tale of Genji) by Shigematsu NobuhiroShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
MN 24:1/2 (1969) 187–88Japan’s Longest Day by Pacific War Research SocietyJohn Lynch- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 188–92Kindai Nihon shigaku-shi no kenkyū. Meiji hen (Studies on the Development of Modern Historical Science in Japan: Meiji Period) by Ozawa EiichiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 192–93A Dictionary of Japanese History by Joseph M. GoedertierGino K. Piovesana
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 194–95The Japanese Imperial Institution in the Tokugawa Period by Herschel WebbHarold Bolitho
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 195–98Meiji zenki kyōiku-gyōseishi kenkyū (Studies on the History of Educational Policy in the Early Meiji Era) by Kaneko TerunoriShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 198–99Hara Kei in the Politics of Compromise, 1905–1915 by Tetsuo NajitaZoltán A. Bihari
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 199–20077 Samurai: Japan’s First Embassy to America by Lewis Bush, Itsurō HattoriWilliam A. Laney
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 200–202The Modern Japanese Print—An Appreciation by James MichenerMilan Mihal