Counting Period: Thu, January 15, 2026 to Wed, January 21, 2026
*The previous ranking is a comparison with January 1st Thu to January 7th Wed, 2025. (Items without a description are new releases.)

<Top 15 Business Management Topics>

1st Place: A Growth Vision for Creating a Sustainable Future, by Takeshi Yamamoto, Koichi Murakami, and Kenji Takashima, Diamond Inc. 2nd Place: The Science of Corporate Politics (previously ranked 4th) by Takuma Kimura, Nikkei Publishing 3rd Place : "Company Quarterly Report" Industry Map 2026 Edition (previously ranked 2nd) by Toyo Keizai Inc., edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. 4th Place : The Legal Affairs of Acquisition Finance by Ryo Okubo, Chuo Keizai Inc. 5th Place: Organizational Discomfort by Mai Teshigawara, Diamond Inc. 6th Place : Becoming a Sony Accountant (previously ranked 15th) by Kiyotaka Ushio, Chuo Keizai Inc. 7th Place: Logistics Explained Easily with Illustrations (previously ranked 13th) by Masashi Onozuka, Shobunsha Inc. 8th Place: A Book that Answers All the Questions CEOs Have (previously ranked 1st) by Shuji Tanaka, KADOKAWA 9th: New Business Management Theory by Aso Yoichi/Toyo Keizai Inc. 10th: Amazing Japanese Companies with the No. 1 Global Market Share (previously ranked 5th) by Tamiya Hiroyuki/President Inc. 11th: What to Do If You Become an Auditor: Audit and Legal Research Group/Commercial Law 12th: Nikkei Industry Map 2026 Edition (previously ranked 10th) Edited by Nikkei Inc./Nikkei Publishing 13th: Definitive Edition: Reviving Closed Companies (previously ranked 7th) by Saegusa Tadashi/KADOKAWA 14th: Collective Thinking by Koga Fumitake/Diamond Inc. 15th: GTM Strategy Textbook by Marui Tatsuro/Shoeisha

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Items>

1st place Good questions that will get you using your brain (Previously: 2nd place) Satoshi Takamatsu/Soshim 2nd place The scientifically proven encyclopedia of amazing habits (Previously: 4th place) Shugo Hotta/SB Creative 3rd place What only the rich know (Previously: 8th place) Kenta Nagakura/Asahi Publishing 4th place People who read books do well (Last time: 7th place) Kenta Nagakura/Subarusha 5th place DIE WITH ZERO The ultimate rule for making life too rich (Last time: 3rd place) B. Perkins/Diamond Inc. 6th place How to work as a foreign consultant (Previously: 9th place) Atsuyuki Fujii/Toyo Keizai Inc. 7th place What people who are good at explaining always keep in mind Takeshi Inuzuka/Sunmark Publishing 8th place People who move do well (Previously: 6th place) Kenta Nagakura/Subarusha 9th place Habits of living wisely Kota Mikami/Subarusha 10th place competitive eye (Previously: 5th place) Susumu Fujita/Bungei Shunju 11th place Why does "I couldn't finish my work today" happen? Masahiro Hagiwara/Diamond Inc. 12th place How to use the remaining time (Previously: 13th place) Masaru Sato/Impress 13th place The Giver: The formula for moving people Madoka Sawa/Bungeishunju 14th place A cafe at the end of the world where you can find what you want to do (Previously: 10th place) John Strelke/Diamond Inc. 15th place All the techniques for thinking with AI (Last time: Not ranked) Ishii Chikage/Diamond Inc.

<Economics/Finance Top 15>

1st place The Super Basics of Investing: A Visual Guide (Previously: 1st place) Michiko Izumi/Asahi Shimbun Publications 2nd place The Super Basics of Money That You're Too Embarrassed to Ask About Now: Visual Edition (Last time: 3rd place) Michiko Izumi/Asahi Shimbun Publications 3rd place The stock won't fall anymore (Previously: 2nd place) Kei Asakura/Business Company 4th place Money University: Gaining True Freedom (Previously: 10th place) Both @ Liber University President / Asahi Shimbun Publications 5th place Why the world's nouveau riche aren't buying the Orkan S&P 500 (Previously: 4th place) Saki Miyawaki/KADOKAWA 6th place Stiglitz Capitalism and Freedom (Last time: Not ranked) Joseph E. Stiglitz/Toyo Keizai Inc. 7th place The Eve of the Great Reverse (Previously: 8th place) Atsuto Sawagami/Asuka Publishing 8th place Thinking about prices: The mystery of deflation and inflation (Previously: 5th place) Tsutomu Watanabe/Nikkei Publishing 9th place THE WEALTH LADDER (Previously: 13th place) Nick Majouri/Diamond Inc. 10th place Stock investment that will save you 100 million yen in 5 years (Last time: 7th place) kenmo/Nikkei Publishing 11th place A textbook that clearly explains the workings of finance in one volume, revised 2nd edition (Last time: Not ranked) Ryota Ito/Gijutsu Hyoronsha 12th place Investment Banking A Practical Guide to Investment Bank (Last time: Not ranked) J. Rosenbaum, J. Pearl / Shoeisha 13th place Destructive capitalism Quinn Slobodia/Misuzu Shobo 14th place A book that contains everything you need to know if you're thinking about starting a NISA. (Last time: Not ranked) Ayako Sakamoto/Shufunotomosha 15th place A book that clearly explains the latest real estate funds, 3rd edition (Last time: Not ranked) Kazuya Wakimoto/Hidewa System Shinsha

Top 10 Literary Books

1. On the Way Home from the Cafe by Shimazu Akira/Tokyo Sogensha ; 2. Naruse Runs Through the Capital (previously ranked 1st) by Miyajima Mina/Shinchosha; 3. Novel Thinking for Verbalization (previously ranked 2nd) by Ogawa Satoshi/Kodansha ; 4. Bunsui by Konno Bin/Shinchosha; 5. The House of Time by Toriyama Makoto/Kodansha; 6. The Name of the Rose, Complete Edition, Vol. 1 (previously ranked 5th) by Umberto Eco/Tokyo Sogensha ; 7. In the Megachurch (previously ranked 4th) by Asai Ryo/Nikkei Publishing; 8. Naruse Follows the Path He Believes in (previously ranked 9th) by Miyajima Mina/Shinchosha; 9. The Last Emperor and Mystery Solving by Inumaru Kohei/Takarajimasha ; 10. Naruse Goes to Take Over the World (previously ranked unranked) by Miyajima Mina/Shinchosha

Counting Period: January 1st Thu to January 31st Sat, 2026

1st place: Good Questions to Use Your Brain, by Takamatsu Satoshi/Soshim; 2nd place: TOEIC L&R TEST: Express Vocabulary Showing Up: Golden Phrases, Revised and Expanded Edition, by TEX Kato/Asahi Shimbun Publications; 3rd place: Scientifically Proven Encyclopedia of Amazing Habits, by Hotta Shugo/SB Creative; 4th place: Naruse Runs Through the Capital, by Miyajima Mina/Shinchosha; 5th place : How "Chance" Shapes You, by Brian Klaas/Toyo Keizai Inc.