Data collection Period: July 2nd Thu- July 8th Wed, 2026
*The previous ranking is based on a comparison with the period from June 18th Thu to June 24th Wed, 2026. (Unless otherwise stated, it is a new release.)

<Top 15 Business (Management) Stories>

1st: Baumkuchen that only "we" can make - Shuichi Saito / Gentosha 2nd: Feedback Management (Previous: 1st) - Masamune Mimura / Nikkei BP 3rd: The Impact of Physical AI (Previous: 2nd)- Michiaki Tanaka / Asahi Shimbun Publications 4th: Bain Capital (Previous: 4th) - Bain Capital / Nikkei BP 5th: Generative AI x Introduction to Accounting Practices (Previous: 5th) - Keisuke Shirai / Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing 6th: Seven Dramatic Changes (Previous: 13th) - Kentaro Kawabe / Toyo Keizai Inc. 7th: People Who Will Become Smarter and People Who Will Become Smarter in the Age of AI (Previous: 10th) - Mizuki Oka / Nikkei BP 8th: The "Added Value" of Managers - Kan Numagami / Toyo Keizai Inc. 9th: Introduction to Startup M&A for Entrepreneurs - Katsunari Matsui / Diamond Inc. 10th: Customer Centricity - Peter Feder / Diamond Inc. 11th: The Best Lesson Bankruptcy (Previous ranking: 7th) Shigehisa Murakami / Daiwa Shobo 12th Company Quarterly Report Industry Map 2026 Edition (Previous ranking: Unranked) Edited by Toyo Keizai Inc. / Toyo Keizai Inc. 13th The World's Most Enjoyable Way to Read Financial Statements (Previous ranking: 14th) Random Walker of Otemachi / KADOKAWA 14th Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Sumitomo as General Knowledge (Previous ranking: 15th) Kiyohiro Yamakawa / Asuka Shinsha 15th An Introduction to "Bookkeeping" as General Knowledge (Previous ranking: 9th) Tomoaki Kaneko / Nihon Jitsugyo Publishing

<Top 15 Business (Self-Improvement) Tips>

1st: Study Methods for Exhausted People (Previous Rank: 1st) Shugo Hotta / Toyo Keizai Inc. 2nd: The Great Encyclopedia of Scientifically Proven Habits (Previous Rank: 10th) Shugo Hotta / SB Creative 3rd : AI as a Subordinate (Previous Rank: 2nd) Tsuyoshi Ushio / Bungei Shunju 4th: The Magic of Questions: "Good Questions" Solve Everything (Previous Rank: 15th) Masanori Kawada / Ascom 5th: A Book to Keep You in a Good Mood (Previous Rank: 8th) Katsuhiro Okazaki / Subarusha 6th: The First Book to Read on Communication When You Have Subordinates (Previous Rank: 5th) Takuya Hashimoto / Achievement Publishing 7th: THE BEST WORK: Living the Best Job (Previous Rank: 6th) Takehito Hara / Sunmark Publishing 8th Amazing Journaling (Previous Rank: 3rd) Daiki Kikuchi / Sanctuary Publishing 9th Innate Intelligence Switch Katsuhisa Kinoshita / Diamond Inc. 10th What People You Want to Talk to Again Do Psychiatrist Sawa / Subarusha 11th The First Book to Read When You Have Subordinates (Previous Rank: 7th) Takuya Hashimoto / Achievement Publishing 12th Good People Succeed (Previous Rank: 4th) Kenta Nagakura / Subarusha 13th DIE WITH ZERO: The Ultimate Rules for an Overly Rich Life (Previous Rank: 9th) B. Perkins / Diamond Inc. 14th What People Who Are Good at "Explaining" Always Keep in Mind (Previous Rank: Unranked) Takeshi Inuzuka / Sunmark Publishing 15th People Up to 100 Million People From 100 Million (Previous Rank: Unranked) Kei Tanaka / Bookstore

<Top 15 Economic and Financial Topics>

1. The World's Best Financial Education: What the Top 1% of the Wealthy Teach Their Children - Toru Arai / KADOKAWA 2. Poor Japan (Previous Rank: 1st) - Rei Tachibana / President Inc. 3. The Disappearance of US Dollar Bills - Takahiko Soejima / Bookstore 4. Stock Investments That Saved a Mom Investor 100 Million Yen During Maternity Leave (Previous Rank: 6th) - Choruko / Diamond Inc. 5. The Ultimate Stock Investment: Earning 1.2 Million Yen in Annual Dividends Before Quitting Your Job - Dividend Taro / Impress 6. The Practicalities of a PE Fund Controller (Previous Rank: 2nd) - Hitoshi Yamaguchi / Chuo Keizai Sha 7. The Absolute Basics of Investing That You Can't Ask About Now Visual Edition (Previous Rank: 3rd) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 8th Money University to Gain True Freedom (Previous Rank: 9th) Ryo @ Liberal Arts University President / Asahi Shimbun Publications 9th The Disappearance of Nomura Securities (Previous Rank: 8th) Noriyuki Morimoto / Business Publishing 10th Neo-Prince (Previous Rank: 7th) Curtis Yarvin / PHP Institute 11th Introduction to Money Markets (Previous Rank: 4th) Takahiro Hattori / Nihon Hyoronsha 12th The Absolute Basics of Money You Can't Ask About Now Visual Edition (Previous Rank: 10th) Michiko Izumi / Asahi Shimbun Publications 13th Living with Capitalism (Previous Rank: Unranked) Kosuke Shinagawa / Daiwa Shobo 14th JUST KEEP BUYING (Previous Rank: Unranked) Nick Majouli / Diamond, Inc. 15th Textbook for Your First Year of Stock Investing Hiromitsu Kawakita / Toyo Keizai Inc.

<Top 10 Literary Books>

1st place Kaho Haruki Murakami / Shinchosha 2nd place In the Megachurch (Previous ranking: 5th) Ryo Asai / Nikkei Business Publications 3rd place polygamous marriage story (Previous: 2nd place) Yu Nagira / Kodansha 4th place Hormo sansan Manabu Makime / KADOKAWA 5th place Fire Dome (Top) (Previous: 1st place) Mizuki Tsujimura / Shogakukan 6th place Eyes Back Straightening / Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd. 7th place Satan Tango László Krasznahorkai / Kokushokankōkai 8th place To the melting ice, we are eternal. Tahi Saihate / Little More 9th place On a beautiful moonlit night, I wanted someone to remember me. (Previous ranking: Unranked) Sae Kawashiro / Sunmark Publishing 10th place Questionnaire about oral health (Previous ranking: Unranked) Back Straightening / Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd.

Data collection Period: June 1st Mon- June 30th Tue, 2026

1. Master English in 100 Days: 10 Minutes a Day of Native English Copying by Brett Lindsay / Sunmark Publishing 2. Fire Dome by Mizuki Kamitsujimura / Shogakukan 3. The Impact of Physical AI by Michiaki Tanaka / Asahi Shimbun Publications 4. Tales of Multi-Species Marriage by Yu Nagira / Kodansha 5. Technological Republic by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska / Nikkei Business Publications