This journal presents new perspectives and materials on Japan that are engaging, relatively jargon-free, and shaped so that their usefulness in a college classroom is readily apparent. The journal represents an example of the potential for genuine scholarship that lies within interdisciplinary studies. Articles grouped under the topic of "Minority Issues" are: "White and Yellow in California: Race Hatred and the Issei" (Michael Steiner); and "The Jewish Factor in Relations between the United States and Japan" (Naoki Maruyama). Articles grouped under "Religious Issues" are: "Mahikari beyond Japan" (W. Sanborn Pfeiffer); and "Missionary versus Atheist: James Curtis Hepburn and Edward Sylvester Morse as Foreign Technical Experts in Meiji Japan" (Jonathan Goldstein). Articles grouped under "Conflict Issues" are: "An Unequal Alliance: United States-Japanese Postwar Relations, The Mutual Security Treaties of 1951 and 1960" (Arlene Lazarowitz); "The Social Significance of the Japanese Tea Ceremony" (Mohamed D. Turay); "Stress Management and Conflict Resolution via the Way of Tea" (Sheila Fling); and "From Harmony to Confrontation in Japanese Advertising" (Joseph P. Helgert) Contains one book and one film review. (BT)