Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 9:1/2 (1953) 277–303A Chapter on Reality from the Madhyāntavibhāgaçāstra (Part 1)Paul Wilfred O'Brien- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 309–29Conditions in an Old Feudal ClanFukuzawa Yukichi, Translated by Carmen Blacker
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 304–29KyūhanjōCarmen Blacker
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 330–56Samidare-shō (Part 2)Miura Baien and Miura Susumu, Translated by Leon Hurvitz
- 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
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 361–62Die Entwicklung der Japanischen Poetik bis zum 16. Jahrhundert by Oscar BenlHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 362–64Bluejackets with Perry in Japan, A day-by-day account kept by Master’s Mate by John R. C. Lewis, William B. Allen, Henry F. GraftThomas Baty
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 364–65Gendai Nihon Shōshi. (A Short History of Modern Japan) by Yanaibara TadaoWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 365–66The Left Wing in Japanese Politics by Evelyn S. ColbertPeter J. Herzog
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 366–67Die Anfänge der Mission von Miyako. (Missionswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen und Texte, Heft 16) by Johannes LauresHubert Cieslik
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 367–68Land and Peasant in Japan by Andrew J. GradLucy S. Itō
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 368–69Japan Heute. Nippon Lächelt Wieder by Peter SchmidHans Müller
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 370Biographies of Mēng Hao-Jan by Hans H. FrankelWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 369–70Geschichte des Chinesischen Reiches. Eine Darstellung seiner Entstehung, seines Wesens und seiner Entwickjlung bis zur neuesten Zeit by Otto FrankeWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 372–73Storia dell’ Introduzione del Cristianesimo in Cina, Scrítta da Matteo Ricci S. I. Parte II: Libri IV–V, Da Nanciam a Pechino (1597–1600–1611). NN.501–1000. Parte III: Appendici e Indici by Pasquale M. D’EliaJohannes Laures
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 373–75Gendai Chūgoku Jiten. (Contemporary China Encyclopedia) by Chūgoku KenkyūshoWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 9:1/2 (1953) 370–72Dōkyō no Kisoteki Kenkyū by Fukui KōjunHeinrich Dumoulin
MN 8:1/2 (1952) 1952Summaries of Main Articles- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 1–14Some Revisions of the Ancient Japanese Chronology Ōjin Tennō PeriodBoleslaw Szczesniak
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 15–46The Literary Introduction of Japan to Europe (Part 2)Thomas Baty
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 47–66The Korean Problem in the Nineteenth CenturyLawrence H. Battistini
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 67–98Die Geschichte der japanischen Manyōshūforschung von der Heianzeit bis zu den Anfängen der KokugakuHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 99–120Une Caractéristique de la Pensée Japonaise: La Dévotion Absolue à une Personnalité DéterminéeHajime Nakamura and Jean Frisch
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 121–46Chinese Flower SymbolismAlfred Koehn
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 147–92Kumagai Buzen-no-kami Motanao: Leben und Tod eines christlichen Samurai (Part 1)Hubert Cieslik
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 193–229Chinese Characters (Part 1)Jōken Katō
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 230–38Tōyō Kanji: The Story of Modern Japanese CharactersMax v. Küenburg
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 239–88Comparative Treatment of the Japanese Language (Part 2)Johannes Rahder
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 289–326Samidare-Shō (Part 1)Miura Baien, Translated by Leon Hurvitz
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 340–97DocumentsTranslated by Walter Liebenthal
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 327–97The Immortality of the Soul in Chinese ThoughtWalter Liebenthal
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 398–406Koromogae: One of the Saibara of Japanese Court MusicEta Harich-Schneider
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 407–11Notes on the Death of Ninshitsu, Xavier’s Bonze FriendJohannes Laures
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 412–15Kō: Japanese ConfraternitiesLucy S. Itō
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 416The Changing Map of Asia by W. Gordon East, O. H. K. SpateLawrence H. Battistini
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 417–18The Prehistory of Japan by Gerard Groot, Bertram S. KrausWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 418–21Die Weltanfänge in der Japanischen Mythologie by Franz Kiichi NumazawaHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 421–23Semmyō. Die kaiserlichen Erlasse des Shoku-Nihongi by Herbert ZachertOtto Karow
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 423–24Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories. Later Han through Ming Dynasties by Ryūsaku Tsunoda, L. Carrington GoodrichWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 424–28The Christian Century in Japan 1549–1650 by C.R. BoxerJohannes Laures
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 428–32Valignano’s Missionsgrundsätze für Japan. I. Band: Von der Ernennung zum Visitator bis zum ersten Abschied von Japan (1573–1582), I. Teil: Das Problem (1573–1580) by Josef Franz SchütteJohannes Laures
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 433Bibliographical Series. No. 1: A Guide to Japanese Reference and Research Materials in the Field of Political Science by Robert E. Ward; No. 2: A Bibliography of Japanese Dialects by Robert H. Brower; No. 3: Bibliographic Materials in the Japanese Language on Far Eastern Archeology and Ethnology by Richard K. Beardsley, John B. Cornell, Edward NorbeckOtto Karow
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 432–33Minzokugaku Jiten by Yanagida KunioOtto Karow
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 434–391. The Western World and Japan. A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic Cultures. by G. B. Sansom; 2. Japan and World History. by G. B. SansomJoseph Roggendorf
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 439–40Japan by Hugh BortonWilhelm Schiffer
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 440–43The Beginnings of Political Democracy in Japan by Nobutaka IkeJoseph Roggendorf
- MN 8:1/2 (1952) 443–51The Inflections of 8th Century Japanese by Masako Yokoyama; The Inflections of Modern Literary Japanese by Elizabeth F. GardnerJ. L. Pierson