Submitted by Andrew Hall
October 19, 1999
(Note: See also the Books page for books by RMs, about
Japan and Japanese.)
Brady, Fredrick R., The Reaction to Mormonism and the Translation of Mormon Scripture into Japanese, Sophia University Thesis, 1979. (Available at BYU).
Britsch, R. Lanier, "The Closing of the Early Japan Mission," BYU Studies, 15, p. 171-190.
Conkling, J. Christopher, "Members Without a Church: Japanese Mormons in Japan From 1924 to 1948," BYU Studies, 15, p. 191-214.
Katanuma, Seiji, "The Church in Japan," BYU Studies, 14, p. 16-28.
Marsh, Don, 'The Light of the Sun': Japan and the Saints, 1968.
Mormon Forum (Morumon Foramu), 1988-present. Small, biannual, independent magazine edited by Numano Jiro from Nishinomiya. Lots of great articles on the Church in Japan and theology. Available at the Church Historical archives.
Nelson, Terry G. A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Japan from 1948 to 1980, BYU M.A. Thesis, 1986.
Nichols, Murray L. History of the Japanese Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1901-1924, BYU M.S. Thesis, 1958.
Numano, Jiro, The Japanese Translation of the Book of Mormon: A Study in the Theory and Practice of Translation, BYU M.A. Thesis, 1976.
Smout, Kary D. "Senkyoshigo: A Missionary English of Japan" American Speech. 63:2, 1988, p. 137-149. Hilarious linguistic study by a former Fukuoka missionary.
Walker, Ronald W. "Strangers in a Strange Land: Heber J. Grant and the Opening of the Japanese Mission" Journal of Mormon History, 13, 1986, p. 20-43.
Whipple, Weldon, "The Japanese Hymnal," Dialogue, 10, p. 53-54.