Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
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
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 202–204Christianity Encounters Japan by Joseph J. SpaeEdmund R. Skrzypczak
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 205–206Chinese Buddhist Monasteries: Their Plan and its Function as a Setting for Buddhist Monastic Life by J. Prip-MollerRobert R. Arrowsmith
- MN 24:1/2 (1969) 206–208The Imperial Hotel, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Architecture of Unity by Cary JamesRobert R. Arrowsmith
MN 23:3/4 (1968) 523–524Palaces of Kyoto by Tadashi Ishikawa, Bin TakahashiFernando G. Gutiérrez- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 521–522Traditional Crafts of Japan by Charles PomeroyFernando G. Gutiérrez
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 503–504Mystics and Zen Masters by Thomas MertonWilliam Johnston
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 504–505The Mysticism of the Cloud of Unknowing: A Modern Interpretation by William JohnstonPeter Milward
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 505–506Shintō no chikara (The Power of Shinto) by Ueda KenjiAlfred Bloom
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 507–508Nichiren no shisō to Kamakura bukkyō (Nichiren’s Thought and Buddhism in the Kamakura Period) by Togoro ShigekiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 508–510Vaccari’s Standard English-Japanese Dictionary by Mr. Oreste Vaccari, Mrs. Oreste VaccariEdmund R. Skrzypczak
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 510–512Nippongo ni oyoboshita Orandago no eikyō (Dutch Influence on the Japanese Language by Saitō ShizukaShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 514Takizawa Bakin by Leon ZolbrodThomas E. Swann
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 512–514Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō by Donald KeeneThomas E. Swann
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 515–516The Okagami: A Japanese Historical Tale by Joseph K. YamagiwaPier P. Del Campana
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 516–517Un poète de cour sous les Han: Sseu-Ma Siang-Jou by Yves HervouetAndrè Nougè
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 517–519Tokyo Essays by E. W. F. TomlinPeter Milward
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 520El Arte del Japon, Vol. XXI Series ‘Summa Artis’ by Fernando G. GutiérrezJosé María de Vera
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 519–520Theater East and West: Perspectives toward a Total Theater by Leonard C. PronkoJoseph P. Love
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 521Contemporary Japanese Houses by Charles S. TerryErnest Lutze
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 523Contemporary Japanese Prints by Michiaki Kawakita, John BesterFernando G. Gutiérrez
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 524–525Cultural Anthropology in Japan by The Committee for the Publication of Cultural Anthropological Studies in JapanJean Frisch
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 525–527Arai Hakuseki und seine Geschichtsauffassung. Ein Beitrag zur Historiographie Japans in der Tokugawa-Zeit by Ulrich KemperArcadio Schwade
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 527–528Hirado Eikoku-shōkan nikki (The Diary of the English Factory at Hirado) by Minakawa SaburōShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 528–529Ahen sensō zen Chū-Ei kōshō bunsho (The Anglo-Chinese Negotiation Documents Before the Opium War) by Sasaki Masaya; Ahen sensō no kenkyū (A Study of the Opium War-Official Documents) by Sasaki Masaya; Ahen sensō go no Chū-Ei kōsō (The Anglo-Chinese Disputes After the Opium War-Official Documents) by Sasaki MasayaAloysius Chang
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 529–532Imperial Japan’s Higher Civil Service Examinations by Robert M. Spaulding, Jr.Ori Kan
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 532–533Political Thought in Early Meiji Japan, 1868–1889 by Joseph PittauShūichi Katō
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 533–535Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Robert M. Deiters
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 535–537Yukiguni no yogatari. Echigo no mukashibanashi (Night-Time Tales of the Snow Country, Folk Tales of Echigo) by Mizusawa Ken’ichi; Denshō bungei, Daigo-gō, Dairoku-gō (Traditional Literary Arts) No. 5 Shimokita chihō mukashibanashi-shū (Folk Tales of the Shimokita Region) by Kokugakuin daigaku minzoku bunka kenkyūkai-iin (Folk Literature Club of Kokugakuin University); No. 6 Iwate-ken-minami mukashibanashi-shū (Folk Tales of the Southern Iwate Prefecture) by Kokugakuin daigaku minzoku bunka kenkyūkai-iin (Folk Literature Club of Kokugakuin University); Hirusen bonchi no mukashibanashi. Mukashi banashi kenkyū shiryō sōsho I (Folk Tales of Hirusen Valley, Folk Tale Research Series) by Inada Kōji, Fukuda AkiraFanny Hagin Mayer
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 537–538Davao: A Case Study in Japanese-Philippine Relations by Grant K. GoodmanRodolfo G. Fernandez
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 538–540Beyond Vietnam: The United States and Asia by Edwin O. ReischauerJules van Overmeeren
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 540–541Oyatoi gaikokujin (Foreigners in Japanese Employment), Vol. I: Gaisetsu (General Introduction) by Umetani NoboruJohannes Siemes
MN 23:1/2 (1968) 208–10Koten-bunka no sōzō (Creation of Classical Culture) by Hayashiya TatsusaburōShun’ichi H. Takayanagi