Factors Explaining the Disparate of Pace of Modernization in China and Japan
     Allan COLE

Obstacles to Missionary Success in Nineteenth Century China
     Ellsworth C. CARLSON

A New Concept of Law, A Study of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's Political Philosophy
     Liu SHIA-LING

Samurai Conversion: The Case of Kumamoto
     George E. MOORE

Meiji Buddhism: Religion and Patriotism
     Kiyota MINORU

A Translation of "Hokan" by Junichiro Tanizaki
     Edilberto ALEGRE

Korea, Focus of Russo-Japanese Diplomacy (1893-1903)
     I. H. NISH

Japan's Southern Advance: The Indochina Phase
     Stephen UHALLEY Jr.

The Japanese Minority in the Philippines before Pearl Harbor; Social Organization in Davao
     Josefa M. SANIEL

Count Moric Benyovszky: a Hungarian Crusoe in Asia
     Manuel TEIXEIRA

Asia Unity and Disunity: Impressions and Reflections (1964-1965)
     Dai SHEN-YU

Philippine Historical Documents in the National Archives of Mexico


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