Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 23:3/4 (1968) 504–505The Mysticism of the Cloud of Unknowing: A Modern Interpretation by William JohnstonPeter Milward- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 505–506Shintō no chikara (The Power of Shinto) by Ueda KenjiAlfred Bloom
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 507–508Nichiren no shisō to Kamakura bukkyō (Nichiren’s Thought and Buddhism in the Kamakura Period) by Togoro ShigekiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 508–510Vaccari’s Standard English-Japanese Dictionary by Mr. Oreste Vaccari, Mrs. Oreste VaccariEdmund R. Skrzypczak
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 510–512Nippongo ni oyoboshita Orandago no eikyō (Dutch Influence on the Japanese Language by Saitō ShizukaShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 512–514Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō by Donald KeeneThomas E. Swann
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 514Takizawa Bakin by Leon ZolbrodThomas E. Swann
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 515–516The Okagami: A Japanese Historical Tale by Joseph K. YamagiwaPier P. Del Campana
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 516–517Un poète de cour sous les Han: Sseu-Ma Siang-Jou by Yves HervouetAndrè Nougè
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 517–519Tokyo Essays by E. W. F. TomlinPeter Milward
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 519–520Theater East and West: Perspectives toward a Total Theater by Leonard C. PronkoJoseph P. Love
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 520El Arte del Japon, Vol. XXI Series ‘Summa Artis’ by Fernando G. GutiérrezJosé María de Vera
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 521Contemporary Japanese Houses by Charles S. TerryErnest Lutze
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 523Contemporary Japanese Prints by Michiaki Kawakita, John BesterFernando G. Gutiérrez
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 524–525Cultural Anthropology in Japan by The Committee for the Publication of Cultural Anthropological Studies in JapanJean Frisch
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 525–527Arai Hakuseki und seine Geschichtsauffassung. Ein Beitrag zur Historiographie Japans in der Tokugawa-Zeit by Ulrich KemperArcadio Schwade
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 527–528Hirado Eikoku-shōkan nikki (The Diary of the English Factory at Hirado) by Minakawa SaburōShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 528–529Ahen sensō zen Chū-Ei kōshō bunsho (The Anglo-Chinese Negotiation Documents Before the Opium War) by Sasaki Masaya; Ahen sensō no kenkyū (A Study of the Opium War-Official Documents) by Sasaki Masaya; Ahen sensō go no Chū-Ei kōsō (The Anglo-Chinese Disputes After the Opium War-Official Documents) by Sasaki MasayaAloysius Chang
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 529–532Imperial Japan’s Higher Civil Service Examinations by Robert M. Spaulding, Jr.Ori Kan
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 532–533Political Thought in Early Meiji Japan, 1868–1889 by Joseph PittauShūichi Katō
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 533–535Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Robert M. Deiters
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 535–537Yukiguni no yogatari. Echigo no mukashibanashi (Night-Time Tales of the Snow Country, Folk Tales of Echigo) by Mizusawa Ken’ichi; Denshō bungei, Daigo-gō, Dairoku-gō (Traditional Literary Arts) No. 5 Shimokita chihō mukashibanashi-shū (Folk Tales of the Shimokita Region) by Kokugakuin daigaku minzoku bunka kenkyūkai-iin (Folk Literature Club of Kokugakuin University); No. 6 Iwate-ken-minami mukashibanashi-shū (Folk Tales of the Southern Iwate Prefecture) by Kokugakuin daigaku minzoku bunka kenkyūkai-iin (Folk Literature Club of Kokugakuin University); Hirusen bonchi no mukashibanashi. Mukashi banashi kenkyū shiryō sōsho I (Folk Tales of Hirusen Valley, Folk Tale Research Series) by Inada Kōji, Fukuda AkiraFanny Hagin Mayer
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 537–538Davao: A Case Study in Japanese-Philippine Relations by Grant K. GoodmanRodolfo G. Fernandez
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 538–540Beyond Vietnam: The United States and Asia by Edwin O. ReischauerJules van Overmeeren
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 540–541Oyatoi gaikokujin (Foreigners in Japanese Employment), Vol. I: Gaisetsu (General Introduction) by Umetani NoboruJohannes Siemes
- MN 23:3/4 (1968) 542Books Received
MN 23:1/2 (1968) 1–17In Memoriam: Robert Hans van GulikJoseph Roggendorf- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 9–30The Formulation of the Meiji Government Policy Toward the employment of foreignersHazel J. Jones
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 31–65The Japanese legacy: The Japanese University Student Confronts Religion (Part 3)Alphonse M. Nebreda
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 66–89Japan & Manchuria: Ambassador Forbes’ Appraisal of American Policy Toward Japan in the Years 1931–32George Alexander Lensen
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 90–101Serious television drama: The Japanese Audience – Its Composition and CharacteristicsJosé María de Vera
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 102–55The Azuma kagami account of the Shōkyū WarTranslated by William H. McCullough
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 156–86Kokuze sanron: The Three Major Problems of State Policy. Recorded in the 1st Year of Man’en (1860) at Fukui, Echizen ProvinceD. Y. Miyauchi and Yokoi Shōnan, Translated by D. Y. Miyauchi
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 187–89The Japanese Haiku in Hispanic PoetryGary L. Brower
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 190–207Ukiyo-e paintings abroad: A Review ArticleRichard Lane
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 208–10Koten-bunka no sōzō (Creation of Classical Culture) by Hayashiya TatsusaburōShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 210–12The Manyoshu: A New and Complete Translation by H. H. HondaEdmund R. Skrzypczak
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 212–13Zeami, Bashō, Yeats, Pound. A Study in Japanese and English Poetics by Makoto UedaJohn S. Brownlee
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 213–15Meiji-shoki no bungaku-shisō (Literary Thought in the Early Meiji Era) by Yanagida IzumiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 215Traditions in Japanese Design. Vol. I, Kachō: Bird and Flower Motifs by Arakawa Hirokazu, Hasebe Gakuji, Imanaga Seiji, Okumura Hideo, Alan TurneyFernando G. Gutiérrez
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 216–18The Onin War. History of its Origins and Background, with a Selective Translation of The Chronicle of Onin by H. Paul VarleyJohn S. Brownlee
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 218–19Kindai Nihon shigaku shi no kenkyū. Bakumatsu hen. (Studies on the Development of Modern Historical Science in Japan: 1801–67) by Ozawa EiichiShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 219A Correlated History of the Far East by Maria PenkalaEdmund R. Skrzypczak
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 220–23Japanese Trade Unionism by Alice H. CookMakoto Sakurabayashi
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 223Specimen Pages of Korean Movable Types by Melvin P. McGovernRichard Lane
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 224–25Chinese Buddhist Bronzes by Hugo MunsterbergFernando G. Gutiérrez
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 225Symposium on Historical, Archaeological and Linguistic Studies on Southern China, Southeast Asia and the Hong Kong Region by F. S. Darke, Wolfram EberhardPaul Yang
- MN 23:1/2 (1968) 226China’s First Unifier, A Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssu, 280–208 B.C. by Derk BoddeMichael R. Saso