Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 12:3/4 (1956) 333–34Contes de Pluie et de Lune by Ueda Akinari, René SieffertPaul Kiyoshi Kurata- MN 12:3/4 (1956) 335–38T’ang-Yin-Pi-Shih.”Parallel Cases From Under the Peartree.” A 13th century manual of jurisprudence and detection by R. H. van GulikE. J. M. Kroker
MN 12:1/2 (1956) 157–58Buddhist Meditation by Edward ConzeHeinrich Dumoulin- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 158–61Bungaku ni Arawaretaru Kokumin-Shisō no Kenkyū by Tsuda SōkichiHorst Hammitzsch
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 161–64The Kagerō Nikki. Journal of a 10th Century Noblewoman by Edward SeidenstickerDonald Keene
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 164–65Understanding the Japanese Mind by James Clark MoloneyWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 165Japan’s Decision to Surrender by Robert J. C. ButowWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 12:1/2 (1956) 166–67Islamologia by Félix M. Pareja, Alesandro Bausani, Ludwig von HertlingHenri Bernard-Maitre
MN 11:4 (1956) 446–48Indiana University Conference on Oriental-Western Literary Relations by Horst Frenz, G. L. AndersonJoseph Roggendorf- MN 11:4 (1956) 448Asien und der Westen. by Maurice Zinkin; The United States and Asia by Lawrence H. BattistiniWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 11:4 (1956) 449–50Zaibatsu Dissolution in Japan by T. A. BissonJules van Overmeeren
- MN 11:4 (1956) 449Kōdansha Library of Japanese Art. No. 1: Katsushika Hokusai by Elise Grilli, Ichitarō Kondō; No. 2: Tōshūsai Sharaku by Ichitarō Kondō, Paul C. Blum; No. 3: Andō Hiroshige by Sei-ichirō Takahashi, Charles S. TerryFranz Scharfenberger
MN 11:3 (1955) 317–18A Selected List of Books and Articles on Japan in English, French and German by Hugh Borton, Serge Elisséeff, William W. Lockwood, John C. PelzelHans Müller- MN 11:3 (1955) 318–20Chibetto Daizōkyō. The Tibetan Tripitaka by Sekai Kankō-KyōkaiSusumu Yamaguchi
- MN 11:3 (1955) 321–22Takayama Ukon und die Anfänge der Kirche in Japan by Johannes LauresHubert Cieslik
- MN 11:3 (1955) 322–23Tōkyō-To no Kyōdo-Geinō. (Volkskunet im Stadtgebiet von Tōkyō) by Miyao Shigeo, Honda YasujiKeikan Shinshi
- MN 11:3 (1955) 323–24The Landscape Painting of China and Japan by Hugo MunsterbergFranz Scharfenberger
- MN 11:3 (1955) 324–26Russia’s Japan Expedition of 1852–1855 by George Alexander LensenWilliam A. Laney
- MN 11:3 (1955) 326–27Science and Civilisation in China. Vol 1: Introductory Orientations by Joseph NeedhamWilhelm Schiffer
MN 11:2 (1955) 215–16Kokugo-Kyōiku-Jiten by Shiraishi Taiji, Niima Shin’ichi, Hirota Eitarō, Matsumura AkiraHorst Hammitzsch- MN 11:2 (1955) 215An Introduction to Japan by Herschel WebbWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 11:2 (1955) 216–17Gotō Juan. Ein Beitrag zur Missionsgeschichte Nordjapans by Hubert CieslikJohannes Laures
- MN 11:2 (1955) 218–19Japan’s Role in Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements, 1940–45 by Willard H. ElsbreeWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 11:2 (1955) 218Religions in Japan: Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity. From the Report Prepared by the Religions and Cultural Resources Division, Civil Information and Education Section, General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers by William K. BunceWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 11:2 (1955) 219–20Economic Dialogues in Ancient China. Selections from the Kuantzu by T’an Po-fu, Wen Kung-wen, Hsiao Kung-chuan, Lewis MaverickWilhelm Schiffer
MN 11:1 (1955) 101–102Oriens Extremus. Zeitschrift für Sprache, Kunst und Kultur der Länder des Fernen Ostens by Oscar Benl, Wolfgang Franke, Walter FuchsWilhelm Schiffer- MN 11:1 (1955) 102–105West-Östliche Begegnung. Japans Kultur und Tradition by Junyu KitayamaHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 11:1 (1955) 105–108Jeunesse sans Chrysantheme ni Sabre. Etude sur les attitudes de la jeunesse japonaise d’après-guerre by Jean StoetzelPaul Rietsch
- MN 11:1 (1955) 108–10The Rhythmical Patterns in Gagaku and Bugaku by Eta Harich-SchneiderLeo Traynor
- MN 11:1 (1955) 110The Manyōśū by P. L. PiersonHeinrich Dumoulin
MN 10:1/2 (1954) 277Sowjet-Fernost by Erich ThielGino K. Piovesana- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 278–82La Doctrine de Nichiren by G. RenondeauHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 283–84Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa Shintō Shoseki Mokuroku (Bibliographie von Shintō-Schrifttum der Meiji-, Taishō- und Shōwa-Perioden) by Genchi Katō; A Bibliography of Shintō in Western Languages From the Oldest Times Till 1952 by Genchi Katō, Karl Reitz, Wilhelm SchifferLucy S. Itō
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 284–87Seami Motokiyo und der Geist des No-Schauspiels. Geheime kunstkritische Schriften aus dem 15 by Oscar BenlHorst Hammitzsch
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 287–88Pageant of Japanese Art by Staff Members of the Tōkyō National MuseumWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 288–89A Thousand Years of Japanese Gardens by Samuel NewsomWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 290–91Five Gentlemen of Japan. The Portrait of a Nation’s Character by Frank GibneyJoseph Roggendorf
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 291Nihonjin no Shinri (The Psychology of the Japanese) by Minami HiroshiJoseph Roggendorf
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 292Li Ör. Lao-Tse Tao-Te-King. Älteste und Lehrer als Führer zum Wege und zum echten Leben by Edwin MüllerWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 293–94The Development of Chinese Zen After the Sixth Patriarch in the Light of Mumonkan by Heinrich Dumoulin, Ruth Fuller SasakiReginald H. Blyth
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 294Price Control in Communist China by Ronald Hsia, Douglas S. PaauwWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 295Phi Theta Annual. Papers of the Oriental Languages Honor Society, University of California, Vol. 3Lucy S. Itō
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 296Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu. Index Generalis I-XX (1932–1951) by Borgo S. SpiritoJohannes Laures
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 291–92Chinese Dynastic Histories Translations by Institute of East Asiatic Studies; No. 2: Biography of Ku K’ai-chih by Chen Shih-hsiang; No. 3: Account of the T’u-yü-hun in the History of the Chin Dynasty by Thomas D. Carroll; No. 4: Biography of Su Ch’o by Chauncey S. GoodrichWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 277–78Japan’s Northern Frontier by John A. HarrisonWilliam A. Laney
- MN 10:1/2 (1954) 277The Colonial Period in Southeast Asia by Victor PurcellWilhelm Schiffer
MN 9:1/2 (1953) 357–58Tagebücher Aus Asien by Hans-Hasso, Veltheim-OstrauHubert Schweitzer- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 358–60Cinquante Annees D’Orientalisme Français by Bulletin de la Société des Etudes IndochinoisesHenri Bernard-Maitre