The Kuroshio / The Research Advancements and Historical Episodes brought by the Kuroshio Flowing across Generations / The Gulf Nutrient Stream / On the Role of the Gulf Stream in the Changing Atlantic Nutrient Circulation During the 21st Century / Physical and Biogeochemical Dynamics. Structure and Impact of the Kuroshio Nutrient Stream / Multiscale Routes to Supply Nutrients Through the Kuroshio Nutrient Stream / Contribution of Kuroshio Recirculation to Nutrient Transport Along the Kuroshio South of Japan / The Kuroshio-Induced Nutrient Supply in the Shelf and Slope Region off the Southern Coast of Japan / Progress of Studies on Kuroshio Path Variations South of Japan in the Past Decade / Island Mass Effect / Impact of Ocean Physics on Marine Ecosystems in the Kuroshio and Kuroshio Extension Regions / Ecosystem Dynamics. Phytoplankton Distribution in the Kuroshio Region of the Southern East China Sea in Early Spring / Spatial Variations in Community Structure of Haptophytes Across the Kuroshio Front in the Tokara Strait / Variability in Taxonomic Composition, Standing Stock, and Productivity of the Plankton Community in the Kuroshio and its Neighboring Waters / Diverse Trophic Pathways from Zooplankton to Larval and Juvenile Fishes in the Kuroshio Ecosystem / Feeding Ecology of Chaetognath Flaccisagitta enflata in the Kuroshio Region, Western North Pacific / Reproduction and Early Life History of Mesopelagic Fishes in the Kuroshio Region / Variability in Growth Rates of Japanese Jack Mackerel Trachurus japonicus Larvae and Juveniles in the East China Sea -- Effects of Temperature and Prey Abundance