Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 14:3/4 (1958) 451–55The Japanese Factory: Aspects of Its Social Organization by James G. Abegglen; Industrial Relations in Postwar Japan by Solomon B. LevineRobert J. Ballon- MN 14:3/4 (1958) 448–51The Sound System of Standard Japanese. A Tentative Account from the Teaching Point of View by F. J. DanielsWillem A. Grootaers
MN 14:1/2 (1958) 226–27Tokugawa Religion. The Values of Pre-industrial Japan by Robert N. BellahPaolo Beonio-Brocchieri- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 228–29Zen and Japanese Buddhism by Daisetz T. SuzukiWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 229Japan’s Modern Century by Hugh BortonWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 230–35Buddhistische Kunst Ostasiens by Dietrich SeckelJoseph P. Love
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 235–40Chats on Japanese Prints by Arthur Davidson Ficke; The Hokusai Sketch-Books. Selections from the Manga by James A. Michener; The Folk Arts of Japan by Hugo Munsterberg; Kōdansha Library of Japanese Art: No. 10: Sesshū Tōyō by Tanio Nakamura, Elise Grilli; Kodansha Library of Japanese Art: No. 12: Munakata by Yōjurō Yasuda, Oliver StatlerJoseph P. Love
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 240–41Japanese Conversation-Grammar by Oreste Vaccari, Enko Elisa Vaccari; Teach Yourself Japanese by C. J. Dunn, S. YanadaWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 241–45The Origin of Modern Capitalism and Eastern Asia by Norman JacobsSiegfried Böttcher
- MN 14:1/2 (1958) 229–30The Double Patriots. A Study of Japanese Nationalism by Richard StorryWilhelm Schiffer
MN 13:3/4 (1957) 359–63Kirishitan Bunko. A Manual of Books and Documents on the Early Christian Mission in Japan, with Special Reference to the Principal Libraries in Japan and More Particularly to the Collection at Sophia University, Tōkyō, and with an Appendix of Ancient Maps of the Far East, Especially Japan by Johannes LauresC. R. Boxer- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 363–64Minor Buddhist Texts by Giuseppe TucciHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 364–65Ennin’s Diary. The Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law by Edwin O. Reischauer; Ennin’s Travels in T’ang China by Edwin O. ReischauerHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 366–67Japanische Geisteswelt-Vom Mythus zur Gegenwart by Oscar Benl, Horst HammitzschHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 368–71The Religion of Divine Wisdom. Japan’s Most Powerful Religious Movement by Henry van StraelenEdward D. Seidensticker
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 371–72Die Religionen Tibets. Bon und Lamaismus in ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung by Helmut HoffmannHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 372–73Tibetische Medizinphilosohie by Cyrill v. Korvin-KrasinskiShōkō Watanabe
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 373–78Archaeological Studies in Szechuan by Cheng Te-k’unJ. Maringer
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 378–79Gracia Hosokawa by Johannes LauresHubert Cieslik
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 379–80Documents on Communism, Nationalism and Soviet Advisers in China 1918–1827. Papers Seized in the 1927 Peking Raid by C. Martin Wilbur, Julie Lien-ying HowJean Monsterleet
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 380–84The Japanese Haiku. Its Essential Nature, History, and Possibilities in English, with Selected Examples by Kenneth YasudaWilhelm Gössmann
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 384–85Tourist Library: Vol. 7: Kabuki Drama by Japan Tourist Bureau, Shūtarō Miyake; Vol. 23: Japanese Decorative Design by Japan Tourist Bureau, Taiji Maeda; Vol. 24: Japanese Humour by Japan Tourist Bureau, R. H. BlythWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 385–86Arts and Crafts of Japan. No. 1: Masks by Seiroku Noma, Meredith Weatherby; No. 2: Textiles by Tomoyuki Yamanobe, Lynn KatohLucy S. Itō
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 386The Japanese Art of Miniature Trees and Landscapes. Their Creation, Care, and Enjoyment by Yuji Yoshimura, Giovanna M. HalfordLucy S. Itō
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 387Letter to the EditorHans Eckardt
- MN 13:3/4 (1957) 388–89Reply to Dr. Eckardt’s LetterEta Harich-Schneider
MN 13:1/2 (1957) 166Japan Bibliographic Annual 1957 by Katsuji YabukiWilhelm Schiffer- MN 13:1/2 (1957) 172–73Waga Kuni Minkan-Shinkō-Shi no Kenkyū (Studien zur Geschichte japanischen Volksglaubens) by Hori Ichirō; Kōshin Shinkō (Der Kōshin-Glaube) by Kubo NoritadaLucy S. Itō
- MN 13:1/2 (1957) 173–74Franz Xaver. Sein Leben und Seine Zeit. Erster Band: Europa 1506–1541 by Georg SchurhammerJohannes Laures
- MN 13:1/2 (1957) 174–75Japan Company Directory by The Oriental EconomistHubert F. Schiffer
- MN 13:1/2 (1957) 175–76The Arts of Japan: An Illustrated History by Hugo MunsterbergJoseph P. Love
- MN 13:1/2 (1957) 176–77Kōdansha Library of Japanese Art. No. 9: Utagawa Toyokuni by Sadao Kikuchi, Roy Andrew MillerJoseph P. Love
- MN 13:1/2 (1957) 177–80Anthology of Japanese Literature From the Earliest Era to the Mid-nineteenth Century by Donald Keene; Modern Japanese Literature From 1868 to the Present Day by Donald KeeneJoseph Roggendorf
- MN 13:1/2 (1957) 180–81Siddham. An Essay on the History of Sanskrit Studies in China and Japan by R. H. van GulikWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 13:1/2 (1957) 181–82Tanuma Okitsugu (1719–1788). Forerunner of Modern Japan by John Whitney HallWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 13:1/2 (1957) 166–72Bibliotheca Missionum by Robert Streit, Johannes Dindinger. XV. Band: Afrikanische Missionsliteratur 1053–1559; XVI. Band: Afrikanische Missionsliteratur 1600–1699; Band: Afrikanische Missionsliteratur 1700–1879; XVIII. Band: Afrikanische Missionsliteratur 1880–1909; XIX. Band: Afrikanische Missionsliteratur 1910–1940. 1. Teil; XX. Band: Afrikanische Missionsliteratur 1910–1940. 2. Teil; XXI. Band: Missionsliteratur Australiens und Ozeaniens 1525–1950Johannes Laures
MN 12:3/4 (1956) 309–10Japanese and Americans by Robert S. SchwantesWilliam A. Laney- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 310–12The Path of the Buddha. Buddhism interpreted by Buddhists by Kenneth W. MorganHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 312–14Aspects du Bouddhisme. Tome II: Amida by Henri de LubacHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 314–17Meiji Bunka-Shi 6: Shūkyō-Hen. (Cultural History of the Meiji Era, Vol. 6: Religion) by Kishimoto HideoWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 317Geschichte der Katholischen Kirche in Japan by Johannes LauresWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 318–20The Postwar Student Struggles in Japan by Lawrence H. BattistiniClaude Larre
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 320–21Luis Frois S.J., Kulturgegensätze Europa-Japan (1585). Kritische Ausgabe des portugiesischen Textes in der Biblioteca de la Académia de la Historia in Madrid by Luis Frois, Josef Franz SchütteM. Eder
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 321–22Western Enterprise in Far Eastern Economic Development. China and Japan by G. C. Allen, Audrey G. DonnithorneWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 322–23Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn by Oliver Statler, James MichenerJoseph P. Love
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 323–24Kodansha Library of Japanese Art. No. 4: Yokoyama Taikan by Seiroku Noma, Meredith Weatherby; No. 5: Kitagawa Utamaro by Ichitaro Kondo, Charles S. Terry; No. 6: Tawaraya Sotatsu by Ichimatsu Tanaka, Elise Grilli; No. 7: Suzuki Harunobu by Ichitaro Kondo, Kaoru OgimiJoseph P. Love
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 324–29Score of Gagaku. Japanese Classical Court Music by Sukehiro ShibaEta Harich-Schneider
- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 330–33Das Kokonchomonshu des Tachibana Narisue als Musikgeschichtliche Quelle by Hans EckardtEta Harich-Schneider