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Characteristic underwater views of the temperate and subarctic seaweed communities in Japan. Top left: Saccharina japonica in Muroran, Hokkaido. Bottom left: Ecklonica radicosa in Satsuma‐Nagashima, Kagoshima. Bottom center: Ecklonia cava subsp. kurome in Takeno, Hyogo. Right: Sargassum communities including Sargassum siliquastrum and Sargassum patens in Takeno, Hyogo. Since 2008, as a prat of the nationwide long‐term monitoring survey by Japanese Ministry of Environment, seaweed communities has been monitored at six sites in Japan, featuring the kelp (e.g., Saccharina and Ecklonia ; Laminariales) and Sargassum (Fucales) communities in the subarctic and temperate regions of Japan. It's ten‐year overview and future perspectives are reported by Terada et al . in this issue.