He used this publication to stand up for planation workers and improve the lot of Okinawan immigrants, and thus enjoyed a healthy readership.
Shuncho Higa, an Okinawan journalist who supported the left-wing candidate, had helped Toyama when he first arrived in Hawaii.
However, Toyama wrote articles saying that Ichiro Nakaima, a lecturer Higa had invited to Hawaii, was a communist.
Toyama converted to Christianity while incarcerated, and was initially paroled to Lincoln, Nebraska so that he could study theology at Union College.
He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, fifth class, on June 14, 1968, the same day as fellow Okinawan immigrant Seikan Higa.