Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 35:1 (1980) 99–106Mori Ōgai: The State of the FieldYoshiyuki Nakai- MN 35:1 (1980) 107–109The Human Comedy of Heian Japan: A Study of the Secular Stories in the Twelfth-Century Collection of Tales, Konjaku Monogatarishū by Hiroko KobayashiMarian Ury
- MN 35:1 (1980) 109–10Some Japanese Portraits by Donald KeeneJames T. Araki
- MN 35:1 (1980) 111–13Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions. An Introduction by J. Thomas RimerLawrence Rogers
- MN 35:1 (1980) 113–15Kutani Ware by Sensaku Nakagawa, John BesterJohanna Becker
- MN 35:1 (1980) 115–18An Outline of Japanese Economic History, 1603–1940. Major Works and Research Findings by Mikio Sumiya, Koji TairaWilliam B. Hauser
- MN 35:1 (1980) 118–19Women Workers in the Japanese Cotton Mills: 1880–1920 by Yasue Aoki KiddPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 35:1 (1980) 119–21The Japanese Company by Rodney ClarkW. Mark Fruin
- MN 35:1 (1980) 121–24The Value of Children. A Cross-National Study. Volume Six: Japan by Toshio IritaniGail Lee Bernstein
- MN 35:1 (1980) 124–25European Studies on Japan by Ian Nish, Charles DunnMichael Cooper
MN 34:4 (1979) 383–407The Bakufu Looks Abroad: The 1865 Mission to FranceMark D. Ericson- MN 34:4 (1979) 409–47Cinderella and the Jesuits: An Otogizōshi Cycle as Christian LiteratureChieko Irie Mulhern
- MN 34:4 (1979) 449–65Images of Exile and Pilgrimage: Zeami’s KintōshoSusan Matisoff
- MN 34:4 (1979) 467–78Councillor Defended: Matsukage Nikki and Yanagisawa YoshiyasuBeatrice Bodart-Bailey
- MN 34:4 (1979) 479–88The Place of Gukanshō in Japanese Intellectual HistoryH. Paul Varley
- MN 34:4 (1979) 489–92Japanese Linked Verse. An Account with Translations of Renga and Haikai Sequences by Earl MinerPhillip T. Harries
- MN 34:4 (1979) 492–94The Search for Authenticity in Modern Japanese Literature by Hisaaki YamanouchiKinya Tsuruta
- MN 34:4 (1979) 495–97Song, Dance, Storytelling. Aspects of the Performing Arts in Japan by Frank HoffMark Morris
- MN 34:4 (1979) 497–98Songs of Gods, Songs of Humans: The Epic Tradition of the Ainu by Donald L. PhilippiMarian Ury
- MN 34:4 (1979) 498–501Modern Japanese Drama. An Anthology by Ted T. TakayaBrian Powell
- MN 34:4 (1979) 501–504A Grammar of Classical Japanese by Akira KomaiBart Mathias
- MN 34:4 (1979) 504–505Giving Up the Gun. Japan’s Reversion to the Sword, 1543–1879 by Noel PerrinDavid Waterhouse
- MN 34:4 (1979) 506–507Patterns of Japanese Policymaking. Experiences from Higher Education by T. J. PempelEdward R. Beauchamp
- MN 34:4 (1979) 507–509Japanese Art: A Cultural Appreciation by Saburo Ienaga, Richard L. GagePenelope E. Mason
- MN 34:4 (1979) 510Evolving Techniques in Japanese Woodblock Prints by Gaston Petit, Amadio ArboledaOliver Statler
- MN 34:4 (1979) 511–513Six Lives, Six Deaths. Portraits from Modern Japan by Robert Jay Lifton, Shūichi Katō, Michael R. ReichChristie W. Kiefer
- MN 34:4 (1979) 513–514Modern Japanese Literature in Translation: A Bibliography by International House of Japan LibraryMichael Cooper
- MN 34:4 (1979) 515Recent Reprints
MN 34:3 (1979) 259–77The Echigo War, 1868Harold Bolitho- MN 34:3 (1979) 292–310UzuragoromoYayū Yokoi, Translated by Lawrence Rogers
- MN 34:3 (1979) 279–310Rags and Tatters: The Uzuragoromo of Yokoi YayūLawrence Rogers
- MN 34:3 (1979) 311–32Rooting the Pine: Shingaku Methods of OrganizationJennifer Robertson
- MN 34:3 (1979) 341–67Tsukushi no Michi no KiSōgi, Translated by Eileen Katō
- MN 34:3 (1979) 333–67Pilgrimage to Dazaifu: Sogi’s Tsukushi no Michi no KiEileen Katō
- MN 34:3 (1979) 369–72Nakahara. Family Planning and Population in a Japanese Village, 1717–1830 by Thomas C. SmithCharles D. Sheldon
- MN 34:3 (1979) 373–75Oranda Fūsetsugaki Shūsei. Volume I and Volume II by Iwao Sei’ichiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 34:3 (1979) 376–79Science and Culture in Traditional Japan, A.D. 600–1854 by Masayoshi Sugimoto, David L. SwainKenkichiro Koizumi
- MN 34:3 (1979) 380–81Japan As Number One. Lessons for America by Ezra VogelRobert J. Smith
- MN 34:3 (1979) 382Washi. The World of Japanese Paper by Sukey HughesMasako Koyano
MN 34:2 (1979) 125–53The Hachiman Cult and the Dōkyō IncidentRoss Bender- MN 34:2 (1979) 155–68The Tale of the Mouse: Nezumi no SōshiTranslated by D. E. Mills
- MN 34:2 (1979) 177–208Anegakōji Imashinmei HyakuinTranslated by Thomas W. Hare
- MN 34:2 (1979) 169–208Linked Verse at Imashinmei Shrine: Anegakōji Imashinmei Hyakuin, 1447Thomas W. Hare
- MN 34:2 (1979) 221–30The Codes of Three Merchant HousesTranslated by J. Mark Ramseyer
- MN 34:2 (1979) 209–30Thrift and Diligence: House Codes of Tokugawa Merchant FamiliesJ. Mark Ramseyer
- MN 34:2 (1979) 231–38The Year of Zeami’s Birth: A New Interpretation of Museki IsshiZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by P. G. O'Neill
- MN 34:2 (1979) 239–42And Then by Natsume Sōseki, Norma Moore FieldJay Rubin
- MN 34:2 (1979) 243–44Pacifism in Japan. The Christian and Socialist Tradition by Nobuya Bamba, John F. HowesH. J. Jones