Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 27:2 (1972) 240–41Japanese Names. A Comprehensive Index by Characters and Readings by P. G. O’NeillJoseph F. Moran- MN 27:2 (1972) 241–42Current Contents of Academic Journals in Japan, 1970 by Kokusai Bunka ShinkokaiMichael Cooper
- MN 27:2 (1972) 229–30Kottō by Lafcadio Hearn, Genjiro YetoPeter Milward
- MN 27:2 (1972) 214–18Noh: The Classical Theater by Nakamura Yasuo, Earle Ernst, Don KennyTed T. Takaya
MN 27:1 (1972) 93–102A Collection of Tales from Uji: A Study and Translation of Uji Shūi Monogatari by D. E. MillsEdwin A. Cranston- MN 27:1 (1972) 102–104Archaeology of the Ryukyu Islands—A Regional Chronology from 3,000 B.C. to the Historic Period by Richard J. PearsonNaoichi Kokubu
- MN 27:1 (1972) 104–105Law and Justice in Tokugawa Japan. Materials for the History of Japanese Law and Justice under the Tokugawa Shogunate 1603–1867 by John Henry WigmoreJosé Llompart
- MN 27:1 (1972) 106–107Japanese History by Tarō SakamotoMichael Cooper
- MN 27:1 (1972) 110Buddhismus der Gegenwart by Heinrich DumoulinJoseph J. Spae
- MN 27:1 (1972) 107–10Christian Converts and Social Protest in Meiji Japan by Irwin ScheinerJohn F. Howes
- MN 27:1 (1972) 111Collectors’ Netsuke by Raymond BushellDavid Gordon
- MN 27:1 (1972) 112–14Kappa by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Geoffrey Bownas, G. H. HealeyKinya Tsuruta
- MN 27:1 (1972) 114–17Light and Darkness by Natsume Sōseki, V. H. ViglielmoWilliam E. Naff
- MN 27:1 (1972) 117–19Twenty Plays of the Nō Theatre by Donald Keene, Royall TylerFrank Hoff
- MN 27:1 (1972) 119–22Kabuki: The Popular Theater by Toita Yasuji, Don Kenny, Donald L. KeeneTed T. Takaya
- MN 27:1 (1972) 122–23Fukuzawa Yukichi to Sono Monka Shoshi by Maruyama Makoto, Tomita Masafumi; Meiji-jin no Mita Fukuzawa Yukichi by Itō MasaoShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
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