Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 44:3 (1989) 380–83Jōdo Shinshū: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan by James C. DobbinsAlfred Bloom- MN 44:3 (1989) 383–85Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism by Taikō Yamasaki, Richard Petersen, Cynthia Petersen; Mantrayana in Japan. by Chikyo YamamotoJames H. Sanford
- MN 44:3 (1989) 385–87Education in Japan: A Source Book by Edward R. Beauchamp, Richard RubingerMerry I. White
- MN 44:3 (1989) 387–89Modern Japan Through Its Weddings: Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal by Walter EdwardsDavid W. Plath
- MN 44:3 (1989) 389–90Cultural Atlas of Japan by Martin Collcutt, Marius Jansen, Isao KumakuraMichael Cooper
MN 44:2 (1989) 137–49Building Bridges and Saving Souls: The Fruits of Evangelism in Medieval JapanJanet R. Goodwin- MN 44:2 (1989) 151–69Not the Least Deserving: The Philosophes and the Religions of JapanJ. A. G. Roberts
- MN 44:2 (1989) 171–98Monogusa Tarō: From Rags to Riches and BeyondVirginia Skord Waters
- MN 44:2 (1989) 186–98Lazy TarōMonogusa Tarō, Translated by Virginia Skord Waters
- MN 44:2 (1989) 199–219Persecuted Patriot: Watanabe Kazan and the Tokugawa BakufuBonnie Abiko
- MN 44:2 (1989) 221–22Muromachi Screen Paintings
- MN 44:2 (1989) 223–24Pilgrimages: Aspects of Japanese Literature and Culture by J. Thomas RimerLaurel Rasplica Rodd
- MN 44:2 (1989) 224–28Things Seen and Unseen: Discourse and Ideology in Tokugawa Nativism by H. D. HarootunianKate Wildman-Nakai
- MN 44:2 (1989) 229–32After the Restoration: The Beginning of Japan’s Modern State by Michio UmegakiGeorge Akita
- MN 44:2 (1989) 233–35Fighting to a Finish: The Politics of War Termination in the United States and Japan, 1945 by Leon V. SigalOtis Cary
- MN 44:2 (1989) 235–39Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s: The Return of the Gods by David G. GoodmanJacob Raz
- MN 44:2 (1989) 239–44Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema by David Bordwell; Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema by David DesserKeiko McDonald
- MN 44:2 (1989) 244–45The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei by John StevensHarry Byron Earhart
- MN 44:2 (1989) 246–47Das Ende der Exotik: Zur japanischen Kultur und Gesellschaft der Gegenwart by Irmela Hijiya-KirschnereitFlorian Coulmas
- MN 44:2 (1989) 247–50Intuition and Reflection in Self-consciousness by Nishida Kitarō, Valdo H. Viglielmo, Takeuchi Yoshinori, Joseph S. O’LearyDavid A. Dilworth
- MN 44:2 (1989) 251–53Kiyochika: Artist of Meiji Japan by Henry D. Smith IIFrederick Baekeland
- MN 44:2 (1989) 253–56The Art of the Japanese Book by Jack HillierPeter F. Kornicki
- MN 44:2 (1989) 256–58An Introduction to Japanese Kanbun by Akira Komai, Thomas H. RohlichSydney Crawcour
- MN 44:2 (1989) 258–59Contemporary European Writing on Japan: Scholarly Views from Eastern & Western Europe by Ian NishMichael Cooper
MN 44:1 (1989) 1–30A Neglected Chapter: Courtly Fiction of the Kamakura PeriodDonald Keene- MN 44:1 (1989) 31–44The Little-Lad Deity and the Dragon Princess: Jesus in a New World-Renewal MovementRichard Fox Young
- MN 44:1 (1989) 45–74Sacral Kingship and Confederacy in Early IzumoJoan R. Piggott
- MN 44:1 (1989) 75–97Modernism Minceur, or Is Japan Postmodern?David Pollack
- MN 44:1 (1989) 99–100Shōwa 64, Heisei 1
- MN 44:1 (1989) 101Sawada Tetsuya, 1921–1988
- MN 44:1 (1989) 103–106CorrespondenceKenneth Henshall
- MN 44:1 (1989) 107–109Nature and Identity in Canadian and Japanese Literature by Kinya Tsuruta, Theodore GoossenSandra Buckley
- MN 44:1 (1989) 109–13Contemporary Japanese Literature by Ivar IvaskJohn Whittier Treat
- MN 44:1 (1989) 113–15Palm of the Hand Stories by Yasunari Kawabata, Lane Dunlop, J. Martin HolmanSusan J. Napier
- MN 44:1 (1989) 115–19Pools of Water, Pillars of Fire: The Literature of Ibuse Masuji by John Whittier TreatAnthony V. Liman
- MN 44:1 (1989) 119–22The State and Labor in Modern Japan by Sheldon GaronKoji Taira
- MN 44:1 (1989) 122–24Soviet Policy Towards Japan: An Analysis of Trends in the 1970s and 1980s by Myles L. C. RobertsonJohn J. Stephan
- MN 44:1 (1989) 124–28Educational Thought and Ideology in Modern Japan: State Authority and Intellectual Freedom by Teruhisa Horio, Steven Platzer; Educational Achievement in Japan: Lessons for the West by Richard LynnCatherine Lewis
- MN 44:1 (1989) 128–29Japanese Women Artists, 1600–1900. by Patricia FisterBettina Klein
- MN 44:1 (1989) 130–31Kipling’s Japan: Collected Writings by Hugh Cortazzi, George Webb; Mirror in the Shrine: American Encounters with Meiji Japan by Robert A. RosenstoneHelen J. Ballhatchet
- MN 44:1 (1989) 132–33Different People: Pictures of Some Japanese by Donald RichiePaul McCarthy
- MN 44:1 (1989) 133–35Inside the Robot Kingdom: Japan, Mechatronics, and the Coming Robotopia by Frederik L. SchodtWilliam W. Kelly
MN 43:4 (1988) 391–416Fitful Slumbers: Nun Abutsu’s UtataneJohn R. Wallace- MN 43:4 (1988) 399–416Fitful Slumbers: UtataneAbutsu-Ni, Translated by John R. Wallace
- MN 43:4 (1988) 417–27Framing the Self: The Philosophical Dimensions of Human Nature in KokoroDavid Pollack
- MN 43:4 (1988) 429–54Standardizing Written Japanese: A Factor in ModernizationNanette Twine
- MN 43:4 (1988) 455–63Incest and Rebirth in KojikiFuminobu Murakami
- MN 43:4 (1988) 465–70Cultural Survey, 1988