[2][4] It was launched by the Kaua'i branch of the Federation of Japanese Labor in the aftermath of the 1920 sugar strike.
[1] Yōen jihō was the most radical of the ethnic newspapers in the area at the time.
[2] The newspaper was published by Yoen Jiho Sha Ltd.[3] In 1923 Reverend Seikan Higa, a Methodist pastor, shifted his residence to Koloa.
[2] In its latter period G. Arashiro was the editor of the publication, which was issued weekly on Wednesdays.
[3] The newspaper folded on April 30, 1970, citing a decline in readership.