Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 16:3/4 (1961) 465–67Folk Legends of Japan by Richard M. DorsonFanny Hagin Mayer- 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) 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) 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 16:1/2 (1960) 219China. Geist und Gesellschaft by Werner SpeiserWilhelm 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- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 183–84The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris, First American Consul and Minister to Japan by Mario Cosenza; Shades of the Past. Indiscreet Tales of Japan by Harold S. WilliamsWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 184–92Japanese Religion and Philosophy: A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials by Donald Holzman, Motoyama YukihikoStanley Weinstein
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 192–94Der Zen-Weg by Eugen HerrigelHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 194–95Der Blumenweg. Eine Einführung in den Geist der japanischen Kunst des Blumenstellens by Gusty L. Herrigel; Cha-Dō-Der Tee-Weg. Eine Einführung in den Geist der japanischen Lehre vom Tee by Horst HammitzschHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 195–99Valignanos Missiongrundsätze für Japan by Josef Franz SchütteHubert Cieslik
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 199–200A Study of the Ise Monogatari. Vol. I: Introduction, Text and Translation by Frits Vos.’s-Gravenhage; Vol. II: Notes and Indices by Frits Vos. ‘s-GravenhageEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 200–206Chinese Pictorial Art as Viewed by the Connoisseur by R. H. van GulikJoseph P. Love
- MN 15:1/2 (1959) 206–207The Great Pulse. Japanese Midwifery and Obstetrics Through the Ages by Mary W. StandleeLucy S. Itō
MN 14:3/4 (1958) 437–39Tell Me About Japan. by Japan Travel Bureau; Show Me Japan by Japan Travel Bureau; History of Japan by Saburō Ienaga; Tales of the Foreign Settlements in Japan by Harold S. Williams; Japan: Theme and Variations. A Collection of Poems by Americans. by Charles E. Tuttle; The Location of Yamatai. A Case Study in Japanese Historiography 720–1945 by John Young; Sources of the Japanese Tradition by Ryūsaku Tsunoda, Wm. Theodore de Bary, Donald KeeneLucy S. Itō- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 439–41Nihon Minkan-Shinkō-Ron (Japanischer Volksglaube) by Sakurai TokutarōHisako Kamata
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 441–42Sosen-Sūhai, Minzoku to Rekishi. (Japanischer Ahnenkult: Brauchtum und Geschichte) by Takeda ChōshūSaburō Katō
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 442–44Das Kegon Sūtra-Eine Einführung by Torakazu DoiHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 444–45Buddhist Wisdom Books: The Diamond Sūtra and the Heart Sūtra by Edward ConzeHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 445–46Scrapbook for Chinese Collectors by Lu Shih-hua, R. H. van GulikJoseph P. Love
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 447–48Japanese Fine Arts by Tokuzō SagaraJoseph P. Love
- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 448Index of Japanese Painters by the Society of Friends of Eastern ArtJoseph P. Love