[2] Each issue circulates over 8,200 copies, reaching a readership across the academic community and beyond.

[3] The journal was established in 1941, as The Far Eastern Quarterly, changing to its current title in September 1956.

[4] Published by Duke University Press since 2023, under the guidance of its editorial board, it presents empirical and multidisciplinary work on Asia, spanning the arts, history, literature, the social sciences, and cultural studies.

In addition to research, current interest, and state-of-the-field articles, a large section of the journal is devoted to book reviews.

[5] The following are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal: From 1941 to 1991, the Association for Asian Studies published an annual Bibliography of Asian Studies as a supplement to the journal.