On May 5, 1912, the Yomiuri Shimbun started a series of articles entitled 'Atarashii Onna' (New Women) with an article on Akiko's voyage to Paris, and on the following day the newspaper reported her departure (some 500 people including Raicho HIRATSUKA saw her off).
同年5月5日、読売新聞が「新しい女」の連載を開始し、第一回に晶子のパリ行きを取り上げ、翌6日には晶子の出発の様子を報じた（平塚らいてうなど総勢500余名が見送った）。