The journal was established in 1941, as
The Far Eastern Quarterly, changing to its current title in September 1956. Before 2023, the journal was published by
Cambridge University Press. From 1941 to 1991, the Association for Asian Studies published an annual
Bibliography of Asian Studies as a supplement to the journal. Since 1991 the bibliography has only been available by separate subscription. 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. ==Editors-in-chief==