"Nihon oyobi Nihonjin" of Seikyo-sha competed with "Kokumin-no tomo (friend of the people)" published by Soho TOKUTOMI's Minyu-sha, and both won and shared popularity in the opinion world.
政教社の『日本及び日本人』は、徳富蘇峰の民友社が発行した『国民の友』と対抗し、言論界を二分化するほどの人気を博した。