Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 25:3/4 (1970) 459–65Japanese Poetic Diaries by Earl MinerRoy Andrew Miller- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 465–67The Social Democratic Movement in Prewar Japan by George Oakley Totten IIIPeter Duus
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 467–68The Failure of Freedom: A Portrait of Modern Japanese Intellectuals by Tatsuo ArimaPeter Duus
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 468–70The Constitution of Japan: Its First Twenty Years by Dan Fenno HendersonArthur Taylor von Mehren
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 470–72The World of Japanese Business by T. F. M. Adams, N. KobayashiWilliam R. Bryant
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 472–74The Actors’ Analects (Yakusha rongo) by Charles J. Dunn, Bunzō TorigoeTed T. Takaya
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 475–76Japanese Woodblock Prints in Miniature: The Genre of Surimono by Kurt MeissnerUsher P. Coolidge
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 476–79A History of Korea by Takashi Hatada, Warren W. Smith, Jr., Benjamin HazardRobert H. Bockman
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 479–87Shōwa hihyō taikei (Literary Criticism of the Shōwa Period) by Muramatsu Takeshi, Saeki Shōichi, Ookubo NorioShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 25:3/4 (1970) 488–89Books Received
MN 25:1/2 (1970) 1–11The Poetry of Izumi ShikibuIzumi Shikibu, Translated by Edwin A. Cranston- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 13–27Akutagawa Ryūnosuke and I-NovelistsKinya Tsuruta
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 29–42A Structural Analysis of Man’yōshū Poems 1520–2, 892–3, and 800–1Harold S. Chu
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 43–105The Dream Pillow in Edo Fiction 1772–81James T. Araki
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 47–105The Theme: The Dream Pillow of KantanTranslated by James T. Araki
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 107–35Caste’ In Japanese Social Stratification: A Theory and a CaseJohn B. Cornell
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 137–54Ono Azusa and the Political Change of 1881Sandra T. W. Davis
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 155–95Japan’s Experiment in KoreaDavid J. Brudnoy
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 197–202Takibi (The Bonfire)Kunikida Doppo, Translated by Jay Rubin
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 203–16Religious Consciousness and the Logic of the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra: From The Logic of Place and a Religious World-ViewKitarō Nishida, Translated by David A. Dilworth
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 217–19The Japanese Communist Party, 1922–1945 by George M. Beckmann, Okubo GenjiHenry D. Smith II
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 220–22Japan: Culture, Education, and Change in Two Communities by Theodore BrameldPatricia G. Steinhoff
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 222–24Radical Nationalist in Japan: Kita Ikki, 1883–1937 by George M. WilsonBen-Ami Shillony
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 224–25How the Conservatives Rule Japan (Studies of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University) by Nathaniel B. ThayerHans H. Baerwald
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 225–28A History of Japanese Astronomy by Shigeru NakayamaJames R. Bartholomew
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 228–30Modern Japan’s Foreign Policy by Morinosuke KajimaWilliam R. Bryant
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 230–34Socialist Parties in Postwar Japan by Allan B. Cole, George O. Totten, Cecil H. UyeharaPaul F. Langer
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 234–35Arts of China: Neolithic Cultures to the T’ang Dynasty, Recent Discoveries by Akiyama TerukazuMilan Mihal
- MN 25:1/2 (1970) 236–37Books Received
MN 24:4 (1969) 353–71Early Meiji Liberalism: An AssessmentMikiso Hane- MN 24:4 (1969) 373–92General Grant’s 1879 Visit to JapanRichard T. Chang
- MN 24:4 (1969) 393–401Some Aspects of Kokoro in ZeamiRichard B. Pilgrim
- MN 24:4 (1969) 403–14The Birth of The Japanese TheaterThomas Immoos
- MN 24:4 (1969) 415–65Two Shuramono: Ebira and MichimoriWilliam Ritchie Wilson
- MN 24:4 (1969) 426–44EbiraZeami Kanze Motokiyo, Translated by William Ritchie Wilson
- MN 24:4 (1969) 444–65MichimoriIami, Translated by William Ritchie Wilson
- MN 24:4 (1969) 467–98Yōkyoku ni arawareta rinri shisō: Japanese Ethical Thought in the Noh Plays of the Muromachi PeriodWatsuji Tetsurō, Translated by David A. Dilworth
- MN 24:4 (1969) 499–505HyottokoAkutagawa Ryūnosuke, Translated by Paul McCarthy
- MN 24:4 (1969) 507–510Saru Kani Kassen (The Feud Between the Monkey and the Crab)Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Translated by Thomas E. Swann
- MN 24:4 (1969) 511–518Chichi (The Father)Dazai Osamu, Translated by David J. Brudnoy and Kazuko Shimizu
- MN 24:4 (1969) 519–522Asa (Morning)Dazai Osamu, Translated by David J. Brudnoy and Yumiko Oka
- MN 24:4 (1969) 523–524Party Rivalry and Political Change in Taishō Japan by Peter DuusThomas T. Winant
- MN 24:4 (1969) 524–526Sōka Gakkai, Japan’s Militant Buddhists by Noah S. BrannenPier P. Del Campana
- MN 24:4 (1969) 527Books Received
MN 24:3 (1969) 211–17Kawabata Yasunari: Bridge-Builder to the WestFrancis H. Mathy- MN 24:3 (1969) 219–33Garakuta BunkoJames R. Morita
- MN 24:3 (1969) 235–47Available Japanese Folk TalesFanny Hagin Mayer
- MN 24:3 (1969) 249–58A Jōmon Site at NinomiyaCharles T. Keally