Data collection Period: September 24th Thu- September 30th Wed, 2026
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from September 10th Thu to September 16th Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1st place United Arrows' sales power and nurturing system Kumi Matsushita / Nikkei BP 2nd place Company Handbook Industry Map 2027 Edition (Previous: 2nd place) Edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. / Toyo Keizai Inc. 3rd place Even if you lose, keep running. (Previous: 3rd place) Seiichi Takarabe / NewsPicks 4th place Fundamentals and Practices of Cross-Border M&A Law Edited by Masahiko Ishida / Chuo Keizai 5th place The true nature of physical AI Kunimi Mabuchi / Impress 6th place AI Management Course (Previous ranking: 4th) Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory / Shueisha International 7th place Nikkei Industry Map 2027 Edition (Previous ranking: 5th) Edited by Nikkei Inc. / Nikkei Business Publications 8th place Bain Capital (Previous ranking: 7th) Bain Capital / Nikkei BP 9th place The impact of Claude Mythos (Previous: 1st place) A.T. Kearney / Nikkei Business Publications 10th place M&A as General Knowledge: Written by Japan's First M&A-Focused Firm (Previous ranking: 6th) Recof Research Department / Nikkei Business Publications 11th place Discussing compliance Naoto Nakamura / Commercial Law Office 12th place MUJI anatomy Noriyuki Umeguni / Nikkei BP 13th place The Impact of Physical AI (Previous ranking: 8th) Michiaki Tanaka / Asahi Shimbun Publications 14th place Internal Control [A Comprehensive Introduction] (Previous ranking: 14th) Makoto Oyama / Sosim 15th place Generative AI x Introduction to HR and Labor Management Practices Generative AI Practical Research / Japan Business Publishing Co., Ltd.

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1st: The Complete Guide to Reading in the AI Era (Previous: 8th) by Yasuhiro Watanabe / Asahi Shimbun Publications 2nd: The Sense of Intellectual Productivity (Previous: 1st) by Ken Kusunoki and Shu Yamaguchi / Nikkei Business Publications 3rd: Habits of People Who Don't Worry, Scientifically Proven by Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavioral Economics by Shugo Hotta / Discover Twenty-One 4th: The Melancholy of Consultants by Shohei Matsumoto / Chuo Keizai-sha 5th: Study Methods for Exhausted People (Previous: 3rd) by Shugo Hotta / Toyo Keizai Inc. 6th: Why Do "Smart People" Gather and Make Stupid Decisions? (Previous: 5th) by Hajime Ota / Nikkei Business Publications 7th: What Do the World's Top Professionals Do on "Weekday" Nights? (Previous: 7th) by Shinji Koshikawa / Cross Media Publishing 8th: "Troublesome Subordinates" Are Created. 9th: Yoshihiro Hirayasu/Nikkei Business Publications ; Culture for Living, Vol. 1 (Previous: 2nd); Tsutomu Horiuchi/Toyo Keizai Inc.; 10th: All the Technology for Problem Solving Transformed by AI; Hisako Shimizu/Gijutsu Hyoronsha ; 11th: The Encyclopedia of Scientifically Proven Amazing Habits; Shugo Hotta/SB Creative; 12th: How to Assert Power with Dignity (Previous: 13th); Nobuko Nakano/Nikkei BP; 13th: Claude Code Work Methods; Minoru Mita/Gijutsu Hyoronsha; 14th: The Map of Growth; Hiroyuki Araki/Toyo Keizai Inc.; 15th: Strategies for Those Who Have Nothing (Previous: 4th); Tsuyoshi Ushio/Asahi Shimbun Publications

<Top 15 Economic and Financial Topics>

1st place The man known as the "legendary bunker" Naoto Ohitsu / Nikkei Business Publications 2nd place What destroyed the Japanese economy? Takuji Aida / Diamond, Inc. 3rd place Leave 90% of the work to AI: Almost hands-off stock investing (Previous: 1st place) Investor Go / KADOKAWA 4th place The Complete Guide to Investing in Semiconductor and AI Stocks Michi Okei / Subarusha 5th place "Stock Notebook" - Making 100 Million Yen at Age 60 (Previous ranking: 4th) Ryoji Kobayashi / Diamond Inc. 6th place The complete steps to saving 100 million yen through AI-powered stock investing while working. (Previous: 2nd place) Masaaki Kamioka / Ascom 7th place Trading game (Previous ranking: Unranked) Garry Stevenson / Hayakawa Publishing 8th place Private equity capitalism will devour the world. (Previous ranking: 6th) Brendan Barouh / Toyo Keizai Inc. 9th place Real estate fund business Motohiro Ogura / Cross Media Publishing 10th place PE fund business Keisuke Yamamoto / Cross Media Publishing 11th place What beginner investors should do in their first 100 days, as taught by an investor who has helped 17 people become millionaires. (Previous ranking: 9th) DUKE. / Cross Media Publishing 12th place The Absolute Basics of Money You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition (Revised New Edition) (Previous ranking: 10th) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 13th place The Money University for True Freedom (Revised Edition) (Previous ranking: Unranked) Ryo @ President of Liberal Arts University / Asahi Shimbun Publications 14th place Financial Market Forecasting Handbook for Investors, 8th Edition (Previous ranking: Unranked) Mitsui Bank Market Business / NHK Publishing 15th 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

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1st place Momo (Previous ranking: Unranked) Michael Ende / Bookstore 2nd place Eternal memories (Previous: 1st place) Keigo Higashino/Bungei Shunju 3rd place Still at Honnoji Temple Shogo Imamura / Gentosha 4th place NO.6 Reunion 4 Atsuko Asano / Kodansha 5th place Kaho (Previous ranking: 8th) Haruki Murakami / Shinchosha 6th place Sophistry and Philosophy (Previous ranking: 7th) Satoshi Ogawa / Shueisha 7th place Give me that dog. (Previous ranking: 4th) Touma Ousaka / KADOKAWA 8th place In the Megachurch (Previous: 2nd place) Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 9th place Teacher until spring (Previous ranking: 5th) Kazuma Hayami / Futabasha 10th place Horloge Tetsuya Ogawa / Kodansha

Data collection Period: September 1st Tue- September 30th Wed, 2026

1. Master English in 100 Days: 10 Minutes a Day of Native English Copying by Brett Lindsay / Sunmark Publishing 2. Eternal Memories by Keigo Higashino / Bungei Shunju 3. The Complete Guide to Reading in the AI Era by Yasuhiro Watanabe / Asahi Shimbun Publishing 4. Beyond the Book by Koichiro Kokubun and Masayasu Wakabayashi / Bungei Shunju 5. Company Handbook Industry Map 2027 Edition edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. / Toyo Keizai Inc.