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The official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, “Japanese Journal of Hypertension”, was first published in April 1978. Fourteen years later, in April 1992, it was revised to the English journal “Hypertension Research”, which is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension (Fig. 1). We have 24 national Associated Editors, 16 international Associated Editors, and over 350 reviewers helped with the peer review process. The peer review and publication process were much shorter than in the past, and the number of submissions exceeds 700 per year, with the impact factor rising to 3.872 in 2021 and keep the stable acceptance rate in recent years (Fig. 2). In 2021, we have simultaneously published 9 papers of the 20 late-breaker abstracts presented at the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hypertension in Okinawa, and all papers appear in January and February issues. We express deep appreciation to Prof. Yusuke Ohya, the President, and Dr. Atsushi Sakima, the Secretary-General of Okinawa meeting for their generous full support to proceed with the rapid review process and publish all papers promptly. We have also released Okinawa declaration on the diversity for the management of hypertension with each Asian Society of Hypertension [1]. As a new activity, we are starting an annual report [2], in which experts in their fields will summarize the papers published in Hypertension Research during the year. There is also a growing number of commentaries on the published papers, which provide a diverse overview of other