In 1903, he left his post at Shinano-Mainichi Shimbun and went back to Tokyo, and launched the first issue of "Dokuritsu Hyoron" (Independent Criticism) in January the same year.
明治36年（1903年）には信濃毎日新聞をやめて上京、1月より雑誌『獨立評論』を創刊した。