 In 1933 the magazine serialized a novel by Toyohiko Kagawa, "Chichi to Mitsu no Nagaruru Sato" (meaning "A village where milk and honey flow" in English).It was about the implementation of cooperative insurance.The magazine is part of and published by Ie-No-Hikari Association, founded in 1944 as part of Central Industrial Union, which was later renamed as Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives.