Data collection Period: May 21 Thu- May 27 Wed, 2026
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from May 7th Thu to May 13th Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1st place The determination to break through in one second Taku Motoya / Asa Publishing 2nd place The Impact of Physical AI Michiaki Tanaka / Asahi Shimbun Publications 3rd place Company Handbook Industry Map 2026 Edition (Previously: 2nd place) Edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. / Toyo Keizai Inc. 4th place Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Sumitomo as part of general knowledge (Previous: 1st place) Kiyohiro Yamakawa / Asuka Shinsha 5th place A book that explains all the basics of IT strategy. Masanori Hashimoto / Shoeisha 6th place Internal Control [A Comprehensive Introduction] (Previous ranking: 7th) Makoto Oyama / Sosim 7th place Corporate operations for startups Femto Partners / Diamond, Inc. 8th place Learn financial analysis and finance through accounting quizzes (Previous ranking: 5th) Shigeru Nishiyama / Nikkei BP 9th place The World's Most Enjoyable Way to Read Financial Statements (Previous: 3rd place) Otemachi Random Walker / KADOKAWA 10th place New Edition: How to Live (Previous ranking: 10th) Kazuo Inamori / Sunmark Publishing 11th place Corporate Lifecycle Aswath Damodaran / Toyo Keizai Inc. 12th place The science of office politics (Previous ranking: 4th) Takuma Kimura / Nikkei Business Publications 13th place Brand shift Ray Inamoto / Toyo Keizai Inc. 14th place J-SOX, Internal Audit, and Audit by Corporate Auditors Q&A (Previous ranking: Unranked) Nobuyuki Urata / Chuo Keizai-sha 15th place Revisions to the Tender Offer and Large Shareholding Reporting System and Practical Responses Hiroshi Ota / Commercial Law

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1. Amazing Journaling (Previous Rank: 6th) Daiki Kikuchi / Sanctuary Publishing 2. Scientifically Proven Amazing Habits Encyclopedia (Previous Rank: 3rd) Shugo Hotta / SB Creative 3. Thoughtfulness Without Trying Too Hard (Previous Rank: 1st) Kimiko Suenaga / PHP Institute 4. Good People Succeed (Previous Rank: 2nd) Kenta Nagakura / Subarusha 5. THE BEST WORK: Living the "Best Job" (Previous Rank: 4th) Takehito Hara / Sunmark Publishing 6. Meta Skill: Takayuki Fukatsu / NewsPicks 7. Your Own AI Employee (Previous Rank: 10th) Ryota Tanaka / East Press 8. Generative AI "Super" Planning Techniques: Satoru Shimizu / Nikkei BP 9th: AI Life Hacks by Jun Tatebayashi / Kanki Publishing 10th: The Textbook of Drafts (Previous: 9th) by Masahiro Hagiwara / Toyo Keizai Inc. 11th: The First Book on Communication to Read When You Have Subordinates by Takuya Hashimoto / Achievement Publishing 12th: The Complete Techniques of AI Output (Previous: 8th) by Masaaki Kamioka / Ascom 13th: How to Use Quiet Time by Yuki Anzai / Asahi Shimbun Publications 14th: Habits of People Who Don't Waste Time (Previous: Unranked) by Shugo Horita / Ascom 15th: DIE WITH ZERO: The Ultimate Rules for an Overly Rich Life (Previous: 7th) by B. Perkins / Diamond Inc.

<Top 15 Economic and Financial Topics>

1st place A mother investor saved 100 million yen through stock investments while on maternity leave. Choruko / Diamond Inc. 2nd place Imprinting trust on currency (Previous: 3rd place) Masaaki Shirakawa / Nikkei Business Publications 3rd place Introduction to Money Markets (Previous: 1st place) Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha 4th place A guide to becoming a billionaire for cunning people (Previous ranking: 4th) Mykey Yoshihito Sano / KADOKAWA 5th place Nomura Securities disappears Noriyuki Morimoto / Business Publishing Co. 6th place The common sense of successful investors Kazuhiro Arai / Ascom 7th place Japan's AI Growth Strategy for the Economy (Previous ranking: 6th) Kazuhiko Tomiyama / Bungei Shunju 8th place Manga: Tatsuro Kiyohara's Investment Strategy 3 Tatsuro Kiyohara / Kodansha 9th place The Secret History of World Finance (Previous ranking: 7th) Masato Kanda / Bungei Shunju 10th place The Absolute Basics of Investing You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition (Previously: 2nd place) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 11th place AI gap Hiroaki Miyamoto / Nihon Hyoronsha 12th place A full-time housewife made 400 million yen from stock investments. Nasuda-ko / Forest Publishing 13th place ChatGPT's Top Investment Prompt 67 (Previous ranking: 8th) Fan Yingfan / Toyo Keizai Inc. 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 Money You Can't Ask About Now: Visual Edition (Previous ranking: Unranked) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1. In the Megachurch (Previous: 1st) Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 2. Boutique (Previous: 2nd) Jun Ikeido / Diamond Inc. 3. Tales of Multiple Marriages Yu Nagira / Kodansha 4. Two Travelers on the Taiwan Railway (Previous: Unranked) Yang Shuang / Chuokoron Shinsha 5. Time After Time Shuichi Yoshida / Gentosha 6. This is How Writers Weave Words Tetsu Ogawa / Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha 7. Novel Thinking for Verbalization (Previous: 9th) Tetsu Ogawa / Kodansha 8. Spoilers Included (Previous: 4th) Atsushi Shimomura / Kobunsha 9. Dakudadeira Mochiya Ga / KADOKAWA 10. The Coffin Hunter Arimasa Osawa / Gentosha

Data collection Period: April 1st Wed- April 30th Thu, 2026

1. Master English in 100 Days: 10 Minutes a Day of Native English Copying by Brett Lindsay / Sunmark Publishing 2. In the Megachurch by Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 3. TOEIC L&R TEST Essential Vocabulary: Golden Phrases, Revised and Expanded Edition by TEX Kato / Asahi Shimbun Publishing 4. Introduction to Money Markets by Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha 5. THE BEST WORK: Living Your Best Job by Takehito Hara / Sunmark Publishing