Data collection Period: September 10th Thu- September 16th Wed, 2026
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from August 27th Thu to September 2nd Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1. The Impact of Claude Mythos - A.T. Kearney / Nikkei Business Publications 2. Company Handbook Industry Map 2027 Edition (Previous: 2nd) - Edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. / Toyo Keizai Inc. 3. Run Again Even If You Lose (Previous: 4th) - Seiichi Takarabe / NewsPicks 4. AI Management Course - Matsuo & Iwasawa Laboratory / Shueisha International 5. Nikkei Industry Map 2027 Edition (Previous: 3rd) - Edited by Nikkei Inc. / Nikkei Business Publications 6. M&A as General Knowledge Written by Japan's First M&A-Focused Firm (Previous: 7th) - Recof Research Department / Nikkei Business Publications 7. Bain Capital (Previous: 5th)- Bain Capital / Nikkei BP 8. The Impact of Physical AI (Previous: Unranked) - Michiaki Tanaka / Asahi Shimbun Publications 9. Art Management - Takashi Nawa / Toyo Keizai Inc. 10. Textbook of Excel Financial Modeling 2 (Previous: 8th) Hiroya Hattori / Tax Accounting Association 11th The World's Most Enjoyable Way to Read Financial Statements (Previous: 15th) Random Walker of Otemachi / KADOKAWA 12th The Struggle for Vested Interests: JAL and ANA's 40 Years of Missteps Hidefumi Fujimoto / Nikkei Business Publications 13th Maximizing Profits for "Your Company" as Learned from Amazon (Previous: 1st) Kazuyasu Kitajima / Mikasa Shobo 14th Internal Control [A Comprehensive Introduction] (Previous: Unranked) Makoto Oyama / Soshim 15th Existence-Based Marketing Masanori Kanda / Nikkei Business Publications

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1. The Sense of Intellectual Productivity (Previous Rank: 2nd) Ken Kusunoki, Shu Yamaguchi / Nikkei Business Publications 2. Culture for Living Tsutomu Kamiboriuchi / Toyo Keizai Inc. 3. Study Methods for Exhausted People (Previous Rank: 4th) Shugo Hotta / Toyo Keizai Inc. 4. The Strategy of the Have-Nots Tsuyoshi Ushio / Asahi Shimbun Publications 5. Why Do "Smart People" Gather and Make Stupid Decisions? (Previous Rank: 5th) Hajime Ota / Nikkei Business Publications 6. The Encyclopedia of Amazing Habits Scientifically Proven (Previous Rank: 12th) Shugo Hotta / SB Creative 7. What Do the World's Top Performers Do on "Weekday" Nights? (Previous Rank: 6th) Shinji Koshikawa / Cross Media Publishing 8. The Complete Guide to Reading Techniques in the AI Era (Previous Rank: 3rd) Yasuhiro Watanabe / Asahi Shimbun Publications 9. The World's Most Cruel Notice About Happiness Seo Eun-guk / Toyo Keizai Inc. 10. Start with the Issue Revised Edition (Previous Rank: 10th) Kazuto Ataka / Eiji Publishing 11th What Fast Workers Always Keep in Mind A Certain Consultant / Sunmark Publishing 12th AI as a Subordinate (Previous Rank: Unranked) Tsuyoshi Ushio / Bungei Shunju 13th How to Assert Authority with Dignity (Previous Rank: 11th) Nobuko Nakano / Nikkei BP 14th DIE WITH ZERO: The Ultimate Rules for an Overly Rich Life (Previous Rank: 14th) Bill Perkins / Diamond, Inc. 15th Essential Skills in the Age of AI: The Complete Guide to Intelligence (Previous Rank: 8th) Shion Kabasawa / Sanctuary Publishing

<Top 15 Economic and Financial Topics>

1st place Leave 90% of the work to AI: Almost hands-off stock investing Investor Go / KADOKAWA 2nd place The complete steps to saving 100 million yen through AI-powered stock investing while working. (Previous: 2nd place) Masaaki Kamioka / Ascom 3rd place I'm glad I didn't study. The market knows the future. Kei Asakura / Business Publishing Co. 4th place "Stock Notebook" - Making 100 Million Yen at Age 60 (Previous: 3rd place) Ryoji Kobayashi / Diamond Inc. 5th place The Absolute Basics of Investing You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition (Revised New Edition) (Previous ranking: 5th) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 6th place Private equity capitalism will devour the world. (Previous: 1st place) Brendan Barouh / Toyo Keizai Inc. 7th place What destroyed the Japanese economy? Takuji Aida / Diamond, Inc. 8th place Economics that allows you to understand both micro and macro levels simultaneously (Previous ranking: 6th) Shinya Kato / Kanki Publishing 9th place What beginner investors should do in their first 100 days, as taught by an investor who has helped 17 people become millionaires. DUKE. / Cross Media Publishing 10th place The Absolute Basics of Money You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition (Revised New Edition) (Previous ranking: 15th) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 11th place Stock investment to save 100 million yen in 5 years (Previous ranking: Unranked) kenmo / Diamond Inc. 12th place A mother investor saved 100 million yen through stock investments while on maternity leave. (Previous ranking: Unranked) Choruko / Diamond Inc. 13th place A Textbook for First-Year Stock Investors (Previous ranking: Unranked) Hiroaki Kawakita / Toyo Keizai Inc. 14th place Investment Strategies After the AI Bubble Hitoshi Nakamura / Diamond, Inc. 15th place Practical Aspects of PE Fund Control (Previous ranking: Unranked) Hitoshi Yamaguchi / Chuo Keizai-sha

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1st place Eternal memories (Previous: 1st place) Keigo Higashino/Bungei Shunju 2nd place In the Megachurch (Previous ranking: 7th) Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 3rd place A 34-year-old who can't read books reads "Gon the Fox" for the first time. Kamado / Omocoro Publishing 4th place Give me that dog. Touma Ousaka / KADOKAWA 5th place Teacher until spring Kazuma Hayami / Futabasha 6th place Bullets and sunflowers Takafumi Minowa / Kodansha 7th place Sophistry and Philosophy Satoshi Ogawa / Shueisha 8th place Kaho Haruki Murakami / Shinchosha 9th place I can make a living thanks to books. Kikuko Tsumura / Mainichi Shimbun Publishing 10th place Fixer Jin Mayama / Kadokawa Haruki Office

Data collection Period: August 1st Sat- August 31st Mon, 2026

1. Eternal Memories by Keigo Higashino / Bungei Shunju 2. Master English in 100 Days: 10 Minutes a Day of Native English Copying by Brett Lindsay / Sunmark Publishing 3. Company Handbook Industry Map 2027 Edition edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. / Toyo Keizai Inc. 4. Nikkei Industry Map 2027 Edition edited by Nikkei Inc. / Nikkei Business Publications 5. Study Methods for Exhausted People by Shugo Hotta / Toyo Keizai Inc.