Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 17:1/4 (1962) 347–48The Opening of Japan: A Diary of Discovery in the Far East, 1853–1856 by George Henry Preble, Boleslaw SzczesniakJoseph Pittau- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 348–51Meiji Kempō Seiritsu-Shi. (History of the Making of the Meiji Constitution) by Inada MasatsuguJoseph Pittau
- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 351–53Nitchū-Sensō-Shi (A History of the Japanese-Chinese War) by Ikuhiko HataKimitada I. Miwa
- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 353–54Die Steuergesetzgebung der Nara-Zeit by Hans Adalbert DettmerWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 354–56Japan, Wirtschaftsmacht des Fernen Ostens by Karl HaxJosé M. Abad Buil
- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 356–57Lebensverhältnisse in der Japanischen Kleinindustrie. Zwischen Bauernhof und Grossindustrie by Siegfried BöttcherRobert K. Paus
- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 357–59Essays on Japanese Economy by Shigeto TsuruJosé M. Abad Buil
- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 359–60Dynamic Changes of Income and Its Distribution in Japan by Chōtarō Takahashi, Ryōtarō Iōchi, Kōichi EmiJosé M. Abad Buil
- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 361Sexual Life in Ancient China. A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Sex and Society from ca. 1500 B.C. till 1644 A.D. by R. H. van GulikWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 360–61Lao-Tse: La Gnosis Taoista del Tao Te Ching by Carmelo ElorduyWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 17:1/4 (1962) 362–63Storia Della Letteratura Cinese by Giuliano BetruccioliJean Monsterleet
MN 16:3/4 (1961) 448–49Meiji-Teki Shisōka-Zō no Keisei-Nishida Tetsugaku Seiritsu-Shi to Shisō-Shi Hōhōron No Mondai (The Formation of the Meiji Type of Thinkers: History of the Formation of Nishida’s Philosophy and Problems of Methodology on the History of Thought) by Miyajima HajimeGino K. Piovesana- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 449–51Nihongata Shisō no Genzō (The Prototype of Japanese Thought) by Yamada MunemutsuGino K. Piovesana
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 451–60Nihon no Shisō (Japanese Thought) by Maruyama MasaoWilliam H. Brown
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 460–63Tōjō and the Coming of the War by Robert J. C. ButowJohn McKechney
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 463–65The Modern Japanese Banking System by Hubert F. SchifferJohn Lynch
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 467Trades and Crafts of Old Japan. Leaves from a Contemporary Album by Eric A. KaemmererWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 465–67Folk Legends of Japan by Richard M. DorsonFanny Hagin Mayer
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 469–70Fūga by Yokogawa KiichirōRobert Hans van Gulik
- MN 16:3/4 (1961) 467–69Japanese Movies by Donald RichieJohn R. Hughes
MN 16:1/2 (1960) 196–97A History of Modern Japan by Richard StorryJohannes Siemes- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 197–99Confucianism in Modern Japan. A Study of Conservatism in Japanese Intellectual History by Warren W. SmithJohannes Siemes
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 199–202A Study of Good by Nishida Kitarō, V. H. ViglielmoAnselmo Mataix
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 202–203A First Zen Reader by Trevor LeggettHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 203–205The Noh Drama.Ten Plays from the Japanese by Special Noh Committee, Japanese Classics Translation Committee, Nippon Gakujutsu ShinkōkaiHermann Heuvers
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 205–11The Key by Junichiro Tanizaki, Howard HibbettEdwin McClellan
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 212–14The Japanese Print. A New Approach by J. R. HillierJoseph P. Love
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 214–15The Art and Technique of Sumi-e by Kay Morrissey Thompson, Ukai UchiyamaJoseph P. Love
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 215–16Zenga (Zen-Malerei) by Kurt BraschWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 216–17Das Shigisan Engi Emaki. Ein japanisches Rollbild aus dem 12. Jahrhundert by Gisela ArmbrusterWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 219China. Geist und Gesellschaft by Werner SpeiserWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 16:1/2 (1960) 217–19Netsuké by J. M. Jonas; The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi by Raymond Bushell; Fables in Ivory: Japanese Netsuke and Their Legends by Adrienne BarbansonWilhelm Schiffer
MN 15:3/4 (1959) 441The Transactions of the Asiatic Society. Third Series, Vol. 7 by The Asiatic Society of JapanWilhelm Schiffer- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 447Tōnan Ajia-Shi Kenkyū I (Studies in the History of Southeast Asia) by Sugimoto NaojirōWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 451–56The Making of the Meiji Constitution. The Oligarchs and the Constitutional Development of Japan, 1868–1891 by George M. BeckmannTsugio Fujita
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 456–59Fremde Einflüsse im Modernen Japanischen Recht by Wilhelm RöhlIwao Hoshii
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 459–60Leftwing Social Movements in Japan: An Annotated Bibliography by Cecil H. UyeharaD. C. S. Sissons
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 460–61A History of the Catholic Church in Japan. From its Beginning to the Early Meiji Period (1549–1873) by Joseph JennesHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 461–63Zen: Geschichte und Gestalt by Heinrich DumoulinHajime Nakamura
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 463–64Geschichte der Chinesischen Literatur by Eugen FeifelWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 464–66Japanese Lacquer Ware by Tomio YoshinoU. A. Casal
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 466–68Japanese Prints, from the Early Masters to the Modern by James A. Michener, Richard LaneJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 468–70Hiroshige by Walter Exner, Werner SpeiserJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 470–71Japanese Music and Musical Instruments by William P. MalmRobert Garfias
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 472–74The Japanese Names of the Morse & The Narwhal by Frank HawleyRichard C. Rudolph
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 447–51The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan. by Thomas C. Smith; Village Japan by Richard K. Beardsley, John W. Hall, Robert E. Ward; Japanese Popular Culture by Hidetoshi KatōJohn O'Malley
- MN 15:3/4 (1959) 441–46Prehistoric China by Chêng Tê-k’unJ. Maringer
MN 15:1/2 (1959) 182–83The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan: Comprehensive Index by I. I. Morris, Paul C. BlumEdward D. Seidensticker